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3/16/2010 Kansas City, MO Uzbek national pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy
3/16/2010 Houston, TX Joint ICE-ATF investigation leads to 3 arrests
3/15/2010 Nogales, AZ Binational drug prosecution effort nets jail terms
3/15/2010 New York, NY ICE arrests former bank president accused of defrauding banks, taxpayers
3/12/2010 San Juan, PR 3 Puerto Rican men arrested for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft
3/11/2010 Baltimore, MD ICE conducts enforcement operation at 2 Maryland restaurants
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The Office of Investigations (OI) is responsible for investigating a range of issues that may threaten national security. OI uses its legal authority to investigate issues such as immigration crime, human rights violations, and human smuggling; narcotics, weapons and other types of smuggling; and financial crimes, cybercrime, and export enforcement issues. ICE special agents also conduct investigations aimed at protecting critical infrastructure industries that are vulnerable to sabotage, attack, or exploitation.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of DHS, charged with preventing terrorist and criminal activity by targeting the people, money, and materials that support terrorist and criminal organizations. OI is a critical asset in this mission, responsible for investigating a wide range of domestic and international activities arising from the illegal movement of people and goods into, within, and out of the United States.
ICE investigations cover a broad range of areas, including national security threats, financial and smuggling violations (including illegal arms exports), financial crimes, commercial fraud, human trafficking, narcotics smuggling, child pornography/exploitation, and immigration fraud. ICE has 26 principal field offices throughout the United States and more than 50 international offices around the world.
