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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND COMMERCIAL FRAUD | IPR Center seizes $97.8M in counterfeit sports merchandise during annual Operation Team Player
The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, the National Football League, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Los Angeles Sheriff Department and HSI announced that more than 267,511 counterfeit sports-related items, worth an estimated $97.8 million, were seized during Operation Team Player. Read more
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CHILD EXPLOITATION | ICE removes Mexican national wanted on child rape charges
Aligned with ICE's civil immigration enforcement priorities, ICE removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive and public safety threat. Juan Ruperto Perez-Avila, 52, was returned to Mexico via the San Ysidro Port of Entry, California. Read more
CYBER CRIMES, FINANCIAL CRIMES | HSI partners in investigation leading to 2 arrests for alleged conspiracy to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency
HSI contributed to an investigation resulting in the arrest of two individuals in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange, presently valued at approximately $4.5 billion. Read more
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 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND COMMERCIAL FRAUD | Motion Picture Association, Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and IPR Center strengthen public-private partnership to protect film and TV content
The IPR Center announced the expansion of their current partnership with The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). By embedding MPA and ACE personnel to the team at the IPR Center in Washington D.C. and other resources to the expanded framework, the partnering organizations are able to further expand their collective content protection efforts. Read more
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HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING | US-Guatemala probe leads to arrest of 10 human smugglers with ties to murder of 19 foreign nationals headed to US
HSI, HSI Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit, the Guatemalan National Police and the Guatemalan Prosecutor for Illicit Migrant Trafficking led to the arrest of 10 Guatemalan nationals tied to the January 2021 murders of 19 foreign nationals in a human smuggling event in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Read more
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) enforces federal laws governing border control, customs, trade and immigration to promote homeland security and public safety.
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