News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled “Correcting the Public Record: Reforming Federal and Presidential Records Management." In his statement, Portman highlighted...

Release: ROANOKE, Va.-- A man from Atlanta, Ga., was cited by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented him from carrying a handgun onto his flight on Saturday, March 12, at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport.

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Five men were arrested in eastern South Dakota this week as a result of an online sex sting aimed at child predators.This case was led by U.S.

United States District Court Senior Judge James E. Gritzner sentenced Andrew Scott Scanlan, age 33, formerly of Newton, to 840 months in prison for two counts of production of child pornography and one count of Offense by a Registered Sex Offender, Thursday, announced Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Katherine Greer and United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal.

Following a six-day trial in federal court, a jury convicted Charles Elsea, Jr, 44, a longtime inmate of the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC), of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, marijuana, and money laundering.

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A multi-agency investigation on federal export laws targeting the former owner of a San Diego-based company that provides tungsten fragments, sub-assemblies, and other weapon grade components for United States military contracts, was unsealed following his indictment March 4.

A Kentucky man was sentenced to serve 600 months in prison for production and possession of child sexual exploitation material.

A Memphis man pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to communicating a threat against a federal agency and being a felon in possession of a firearm.The announcement was made by the U.S.

Following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), joint law enforcement partner investigation, suspected drug trafficker Rafael Orlando Ramirez Barillas, a Guatemalan national who was extradited to the United States from Guatemala Feb. 10, to face international cocaine trafficking and maritime smuggling charges in the Southern District of California.

 Three Guatemalan nationals who were extradited to the United States from Guatemala to face international cocaine trafficking charges appeared in federal court Feb. 17, before U.S.

Pedro Cornelio Pilligua Iduarte, the owner of multiple Ecuadorian flagged vessels which allegedly provided logistical support to drug laden vessels, was extradited to the United States from Spain, following a U.S.

Brayan Alberto Rodriguez Alcala, an alleged Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficker, was extradited to the United States from Ecuador Feb. 11, following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) joint law enforcement partner investigation.