ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending May 13, 2016

May 13, 2016 – ICE honors fallen law enforcement officers ahead of National Police Week 2016

ICE leaders, personnel and invited guests paid solemn tribute to their fallen comrades May 12 in a ceremony at ICE headquarters in Washington, D.C.

May 10, 2016 – Owner of offshore brokerage firm pleads guilty to $250 million money laundering scheme

A dual U.S. and Canadian citizen and secret owner of Legacy Global Markets S.A. (Legacy), an offshore broker-dealer and investment management company based in Panama City, Panama, and Belize City, Belize, pleaded guilty on May 10, to money laundering conspiracy for fraudulently manipulating the stocks of more than 40 U.S. publicly-traded companies and then laundering more than $250 million in profits through at least five offshore law firms.

May 12, 2016 – Music industry honors ICE agents

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) were commended at a ceremony on May 12 by representatives from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shutting down one of the largest U.S.-based online music piracy networks in history.

May 9, 2016 - ICE arrests 84 in PA, DE, WV during operation targeting criminal aliens

ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers  arrested 84 individuals during a weeklong operation that concluded May 7 targeting criminal aliens and other immigration violators.

May 5, 2016 – Alleged meth traffickers arrested in New Mexico during ICE HSI-led operation; 1 fugitive at large

Seven of eight alleged methamphetamine traffickers on the Navajo Indian Reservation in northwestern New Mexico were arrested May 13 as part of a multi-agency investigation led by HSI special agents, and the HIDTA Region II Narcotics Task Force.