HSI Seizes Over 350 Website Domains Used to Import Illegal Switches and Silencers From China
BOSTON — HSI seized more than 350 internet domains that were allegedly used for the illegal importation of switches and silencers from China.
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Third Member of Human Smuggling Scheme Convicted Following Investigation by HSI Corpus Christi, CBP
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Cuban national was convicted Sept. 10 of human smuggling-related charges following an investigation by HSI Corpus Christi and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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HSI New York Investigation Lands American Airlines Mechanic 9-Year Prison Sentence for Conspiring to Import Cocaine Bricks Under Jetliner Cockpit
NEW YORK — A former American Airlines mechanic at John F. Kennedy International Airport was sentenced to 108 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to import and possess cocaine following an HSI and law enforcement partner investigation.
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Close Summary: CBP Hospital Discharge
This is a summary of CRCL’s Recommendation Memorandum to CBP in September 2023 about planning for hospital discharges of noncitizens in CBP custody. CBP responded to CRCL in July 2024 and concurred with four of CRCL’s recommendations and partially concurred with one.
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Department of Homeland Security Announces $380 Million in Additional Funding to Communities Receiving Migrants
DHS, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced the allocation of over $380 million through the Shelter and Services Program (SSP).
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Major Enforcement Operation in Guatemala Secures Arrest of Human Smuggler Indicted by JTFA
Extensive coordination and collaboration between the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department and domestic and international partners resulted in a major enforcement operation that dismantled a human smuggling network based in Guatemala. In June 2022, this network smuggled people into the United States on a journey that ended with the deaths of 53 migrants in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas. Twenty-one of the deceased migrants were Guatemalan.
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HSI Casa Grande, Border Patrol Case Results in Human Smuggling Coordinator Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — A Phoenix man was sentenced July 16 by a U.S. district judge to 72 months in prison followed by five years of supervised released for his role in human smuggling.
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HSI Casa Grande, Border Patrol Case Results in Human Smuggling Coordinator Sent to Prison
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — A Utah man was sentenced Aug. 8 to 10 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his involvement as a human smuggling coordinator.
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Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to International Sexual Exploitation of Children
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota announced July 26 that Steven John Sokel, 61, of Blooming Prairie, pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting children outside the United States.
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts 3 Cruise Line Employees for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material
NEW ORLEANS — Abdhul Rouvoof Shaik, 29, and Pankaj Singh Bohra, 34, both nationals of the Republic of India, and Reza Heta Pratama, 28, a national of the Republic of Indonesia, were each charged in a one-count indictment by a federal grand jury.