In fiscal year 2019, HSI arrested 2,197 individuals in connection with human trafficking and identified more than 400 trafficking victims, with the majority of arrests in Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Phoenix. Keep Reading
As alleged in the indictment, in May 2019, law enforcement officers learned that marijuana had been shipped from Tucson, intended for delivery at a North Carolina destination. Keep Reading
The A-HIDTA task force focuses on protecting the citizens of Kentucky from narcotic trafficking organizations that exploit commercial parcels to move their narcotics and proceeds. Keep Reading
HSI Washington, D.C. marked a ten-fold increase in narcotics seizures from nearly 400 lbs. in FY 2018 to over 4,000 lbs. in FY 2019, and a two-fold increase in firearms seizures. Keep Reading
Budi contacted an FBI online covert employee via the internet to purchase a lethal dose of a radioactive substance and expressed his intent to use the radioactive substance to kill an unnamed individual. Keep Reading
Samayoa Cabrera, a former civil patrol leader, has been charged in Guatemala for his alleged role in more than 150 human rights abuses, including torture, rape and extrajudicial killing, in El Quichè. Keep Reading
More than 14 years ago, the life of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent Matthew Brooks and his family was changed forever with the murder of his father. Keep Reading
In 2016, HSI launched Operation Limelight USA, based on the UK model, in airports throughout the country. HSI agents educate passengers flying to or from high-risk countries. Keep Reading
Since 2007, HSI’s implementation of Operation Angel Watch has targeted individuals previously convicted of sexual crimes against a child. Keep Reading
Goal is to facilitate the timely exchange of information with Spanish-speaking law enforcement agencies worldwide in anti-financial crimes. Keep Reading
