Each year, Homeland Security Today honors shining stars in the community who are making their own unique, invaluable contributions to advance the mission of keeping America safer from myriad threats. Keep Reading
During Operation Turquesa, authorities in 20 countries across three continents acted on leads and carried out nearly one million checks at air, land and sea borders in order to disrupt the organized crime groups behind key smuggling routes to the United States and Canada. Keep Reading
On November 13 2019, the German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) and the Romanian Police (Poliția Română) supported by Europol, concluded their operation into a large criminal network smuggling migrants to western Europe in trucks. Keep Reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro port of entry have thwarted an alleged human smuggling attempt of six Chinese nationals, who were concealed in a false wall of a moving truck. Keep Reading
On October 29th, 2019, Secretary Pompeo released the following statement regarding the task force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons: It was an honor to chair this Administration’s second meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. I was pleased to be joined by several members of the… Keep Reading
The alien smugglers targeted in this operation are alleged to be responsible for the illicit smuggling of scores of individuals from South Asia and elsewhere, into Brazil, and ultimately to the United States. Keep Reading
Detectives investigating the deaths of 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck container in Essex, U.K. last week are releasing details of two men they want to speak to. Keep Reading
Belgian customs only check one in 400 ship containers’ papers at Zeebrugge, it has emerged, as questions over border checks intensified after the deaths of 39 Chinese migrants in a refrigerated semi-trailer truck from the port. Keep Reading
In nearly every civilization around the globe, human trafficking prevails, and contrary to what many people believe, the United States is not excluded from the horrifying reality. Keep Reading
The bodies of 39 people have been found in a truck container approximately nine miles east of London, U.K. The driver has been arrested and police are investigating links to organized crime and human trafficking. Keep Reading
