ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending June 17, 2016

June 14, 2016 – 2 Kansas-area roofing business owners, employee indicted for labor trafficking

A federal grand jury indictment unsealed last week alleges the two co-owners and an employee of a Kansas City roofing company intimidated and coerced illegal alien workers to pay kickbacks in violation of federal forced labor law. Full Story

June 14, 2016 – Federal racketeering indictment targets LA-area street gang controlled by Mexican Mafia

Based on an indictment issued last week by a federal grand jury, 31 members and associates of a Los Angeles-area street gang were arrested on charges related to a wide-ranging criminal enterprise controlled by the Mexican Mafia that allegedly is responsible for the murder of a rival gangster and the attempted murder of a Whittier police officer. Full Story

June 17, 2016 – ICE arrests 331 in Midwest during monthlong enforcement action

Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested 331 individuals during a monthlong operation targeting criminal aliens and other immigration violators in six Midwestern states. Full Story

June 16, 2016 – US postal worker among 6 charged in narcotics, money laundering conspiracy

The defendants allegedly conspired to transport cocaine through the U.S. mail from Puerto Rico to New York. HSI agents arrested, Jermaine Sandifer, a U.S. postal carrier assigned to the Highbridge postal station in the Bronx. Full Story

June 17, 2016 – 8 indicted in heroin, fentanyl distribution ring

A grand jury indicted eight members of a criminal drug organization involved in the distribution of opiates. Full Story