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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers that inspect packages at the Express Consignment Operation (ECO) hub in Louisville see a variety of illegal items arriving and departing the U.S. Recently, however, CBP officers seized three packages in a 24-hour timeframe concealing watches, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and rings totaling over $4.55 million.
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On February 17, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee examined a package described in the paperwork as a high school cookbook.
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Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents interdicted three migrant smuggling events with the assistance of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) resulting in 27 arrests.
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On March 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at an express consignment hub in Memphis, Tennessee examined a package described in the paperwork as porridge.
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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and Border Patrol agents teamed up Tuesday to rescue a group of 10 undocumented migrants from Haiti left stranded by smugglers in Desecheo island.
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Following a two-day jury trial in U.S.
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Two women sentenced Wednesday following their convictions of conspiracy and committing $1.2 million in food stamp fraud following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) investigation worked jointly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Office of Inspector General (USDA OIG)
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A Cuban national living in Fort Hancock, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday to 460 months in prison for drugs, firearms and immigration crimes.Special agents with U.S.
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A Waterford man was sentenced today to 50 years in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to production of child pornography and commission of an offense against a child by a registered sex offender, announced acting Special Agent in Charge James C. Harris III, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
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Extensive bilateral cooperation between the United States and Mexico resulted in Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office, Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), conducting a significant enforcement operation last week to dismantle a prolific transnational human smuggling organization operating in Nogales, Sonora, along the U.S.-Mexico border.U.S.
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to examine how lawmakers can work to ensure that presidential and federal agency records are adequately maintained and preserved. The committee heard from legal...
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News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A landmark provision authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to significantly enhance our nation’s ability to combat ongoing cybersecurity threats against critical...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
