Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 10

New York, New Jersey Agents Win Task Force Work Honors

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Twenty-eight ICE agents were among 148 law enforcement officials honored May 4 for their work on 12 separate investigations undertaken as part of the New York/New Jersey Region Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF).

Of the 12 investigations for which the investigators and prosecutors were recognized, three were ICE-led cases, three were joint cases, and four were led by other agencies with ICE participation. The ICE-led cases include:

Operation Snowstorm exposed a criminal network that used its inside knowledge of the aviation sector to bypass border inspections and airport security measures at John F. Kennedy International Airport. In total, more than 200 kilograms of cocaine and 300 kilograms of marijuana were seized, along with more than $500,000, five luxury vehicles, and several weapons.

Operation Caribbean Loot targeted the money laundering and narcotics trafficking activities of Jean Eliobert Jasme, resulting in the complete dismantling of Jasme’s organization. Jasme was, until his capture, one of the most notorious drug traffickers in the Caribbean. Due to the collaborative efforts of prosecutors and agents from ICE and DEA, Jasme and 11 other targets were successfully prosecuted. Agents recovered more than $11 million.

Operation Meltdown targeted the money laundering activities of a Colombia-based criminal organization with links to the Cali drug cartel. The investigation found that numerous businesses in New York were laundering narcotics proceeds by accepting narco-dollars in exchange for gold. The gold was then smuggled out of the U.S. and sold in Colombia to gold refiners. Twenty-three people were arrested and more than $7.5 million in cash, gold and diamonds was seized or forfeited.

ICE Arrests Two Smugglers, 146 Aliens at L.A. Drop Houses

United Kingdom Extradites Philly Drug Kingpin

ICE Shuts Down Driver's License Fraud Scams

New York, New Jersey Agents Win Task Force Work Honors

ICE Arrests 66 Illegals at Federal Worksite

ICE Deports Rwandan in Landmark Genocide Case

ICE Deports Man Who Abused His Six-Year-Old Stepdaughter

ICE Arrests 18 Illegal Aliens Working on Navy Contracts

ICE Arrests Three in Arizona for Smuggling Coke in Pickup

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