ICE's top 5 news stories for the week ending Oct. 10, 2014

Oct. 7, 2014 – ICE expands reach of smartphone app designed to locate child predators and rescue their victims

The first U.S. federal law enforcement app designed to seek the public's help with fugitive and unknown suspected child predators is now available for Android smartphones, and in Spanish for both Apple and Android versions. Full Story

Oct. 7, 2014 – ICE removes South Korean woman wanted by Korean authorities for embezzlement

A South Korean woman wanted in her home country on embezzlement charges was removed from the United States on Oct. 6 by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Full Story

Oct. 2, 2014 – L.A. Fashion District businesses ordered to report more cash transactions as part of massive money laundering investigation

In the latest development in the probe by ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) targeting alleged money laundering activities in Los Angeles' garment trade, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced on Oct. 2 the issuance of a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) that imposes additional reporting and recordkeeping obligations on certain businesses located within the city's fashion district. Full Story

Oct. 2, 2014 – HSI, Honduran authorities arrest 2 fugitives wanted on homicide charges

A multi-agency law enforcement operation along the Honduran and Nicaraguan border on Sept. 30 yielded the arrest of two Honduran fugitives wanted on homicide charges. HSI special agents from the HSI Assistant Attache Officé in Honduras, the Honduran National Police's Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Interpol participated in the operation focused on border security. Full Story

Oct. 1, 2014 – Jury finds Delaware man guilty of child sexual exploitation crimes

Following a three-day trial, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts on all three counts on Oct. 1 against a Newark, Delaware, man accused of child sexual exploitation crimes. The verdicts come after an investigation by HSI, the Limerick Police Department and the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Full Story