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El Paso Drugs Social Media

NARCOTICS | HSI, CBP El Paso: Drug trafficking networks recruiting smugglers on Facebook

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations have identified the increased use of social media platforms such as Facebook by transnational criminal organizations to recruit and facilitate drug smuggling in the El Paso, Texas area. Read more


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NATIONAL SECURITY | HSI, law enforcement partners, investigation results in Seattle man being charged for attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization

A Seattle man was arrested on May 28 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on criminal charges related to his alleged efforts to join ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization, in order to engage in violent acts of terrorism in the Middle East or the United States. Read more

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FIREARMS, AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES | HSI, Brazil Federal Police execute large-scale disruption of international arms trafficking organization

An HSI and Brazil Federal Police partnership resulted in the binational arrests of key members of a major Transnational Criminal Organization responsible for international weapons trafficking and numerous other transnational crimes. Read more

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NARCOTICS | Arizona man sentenced to 20 years following multi-agency drug investigation

A Washoe County man was sentenced May 27 to 20 years in prison related to a drug-trafficking conviction. The multi-agency investigation was led by the Regional Narcotics Unit, which comprises law enforcement officers and special agents with HSI, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, the Reno and Sparks Police departments and the University of Nevada Reno, Police Services. Read more

 

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CAREERS | #ICYMI: ICE is hiring

ICE is hiring for multiple positions across the United States. Interested? To learn more and apply, visit USAJOBS.

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