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July 21, 2011
|Enforcement and Removal
Man from the Netherlands identified through ICE's Secure Communities program
July 21, 2011
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Four members of a Flagstaff family are facing federal charges following their arrest Thursday for exploiting Vietnamese nationals for nearly a decade in an elaborate forced labor scheme at their I Do, I Do Wedding Shop in Flagstaff, Ariz.
July 21, 2011
|Counter Proliferation Investigation Unit
Sergey Korznikov, a Russian national, was sentenced Thursday for his role in a conspiracy to smuggle military equipment, including rifle scopes, magazines for firearms and other material out of the United States, in violation of the Arms Export Control Act. This sentence resulted from an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations.
July 21, 2011
|Contraband
"Nearly 2,000 individuals have been arrested on narcotics-related charges as part of a 20-month, multi-agency law enforcement investigation known as ""Project Delirium,"" which targeted the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel. "
July 20, 2011
|Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives
Ramadan Rama was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for failing to notify a commercial carrier of a firearm and exporting defense articles without a license, following an investigation by U.S. ICE 's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
July 20, 2011
|Narcotics
John Tai, of Carson, Calif., pleaded not guilty this week to charges in a superseding indictment accusing him and eight others of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and related methamphetamine-trafficking offenses.
July 20, 2011
|Contraband
U.S. ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. CBP, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Virginia Port Authority, and other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies today announced the launch of the Hampton Roads Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST), which is dedicated to security at the Port of Virginia.
July 20, 2011
|Child Exploitation
Jack Labrosse, 42, of Green Bay, Wis., was convicted of knowingly transporting images and videos of child pornography on a U.S. Airways flight from Green Bay to New Orleans on July 18, 2010. A computer forensic examination of Labrosse's computer by ICE HSI agents revealed 5,853 images and 51 videos depicting the sexual victimization of children. According to statements Labrosse made to federal agents, he flew from Wisconsin to Louisiana with his laptop computer that contained images and videos depicting child pornography.
July 20, 2011
|Enforcement and Removal
A Mexican citizen wanted in his native country for the murder of an off-duty Border Patrol agent eight years ago was turned over to prosecutors from the Mexican Attorney General's Office at the border crossing here Wednesday morning by officers from U.S. ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
July 20, 2011
|Contraband
More than 20 Border Enforcement Security Task Forces (BESTs) exist throughout the country at major gateways to the United States like the Miami Seaport, the Southwest Border and the New York Seaport/Canadian Border. Virginia's Hampton Roads region is home to the third largest port on the East Coast - the Port of Virginia - and now, the newest BEST.
July 20, 2011
|Contraband
Nineteen individuals in Florida and California were charged in Tampa Federal Court on Wednesday for their involvement in a nationwide drug-trafficking and money-laundering conspiracy, following an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
July 19, 2011
|Narcotics
A Chicago resident was convicted on Tuesday for conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute more than 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Jose Angel Moreno, Southern District of Texas.
July 19, 2011
|Student and Exchange Visitor Program
Thomas C. Briggs, a former employee of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), pled guilty to concealing and shielding foreign college students who were in violation of the terms of their student visas, following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
July 19, 2011
|Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives
A fourth person charged in a firearms-trafficking case pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday following a multi-agency investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
July 19, 2011
|Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives
Jesus Francisco Lopez, 35, was convicted following a jury trial April 21. Evidence at the trial showed that between October 2009 and December 2010, Lopez purchased several hundred thousand rounds of various calibers of ammunition.
July 19, 2011
|Child Exploitation
Manu Panatkul, 51, was taken into custody Friday night by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) shortly after arriving on a Korean Airlines flight from his native country.
July 19, 2011
|Enforcement and Removal
A Croatian national wanted for fleeing a murder sentence in his native country was deported on Monday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
July 19, 2011
|Intellectual Property Rights and Commercial Fraud
Following the arrest of those charged, an indictment was unsealed on Tuesday which charges seven area residents with operating an interstate over-the-counter (OTC) drug theft and fencing ring, structuring and money laundering.
July 18, 2011
|Child Exploitation
Robert Hedrick, 60, is president of the Brownsville-based Pan American Airways which provides cargo air service between the United States and Mexico. Hedrick is expected to make his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Felix Recio on July 19. The United States expects to request that the court detain Hendricks in federal custody without bond pending further criminal proceedings.
July 15, 2011
|Child Exploitation
Branden M. Scott, 29, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison to be followed by 20 years of supervised release. Scott will also have to register as a sex offender.
July 15, 2011
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Federal criminal charges have been filed against nine individuals connected to three separate maritime smuggling incidents here in the Southland within the last week, including a failed human smuggling attempt that ended Tuesday morning when a boat capsized while coming ashore at Crystal Cove State Park.
July 14, 2011
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking
Rommel Cintron-Pons aka Peluquín was charged by criminal complaint, alleging that he was an alleged coordinator of a prostitution ring involving young girls serving as prostitutes to adult males for $1,500 dollars each.
July 14, 2011
|Labor Exploitation
A Mexican national, who was convicted of harboring illegal aliens for commercial advantage, was sentenced to 46 months in prison.
July 14, 2011
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
Three individuals are in the custody of ICE HSI for their involvement in an international smuggling ring that imported cultural artifacts into the United States.
July 14, 2011
|Human Rights Violators
A former Peruvian Army major was successfully extradited from Miami to Lima, Peru, for his role in the 1985 murders of 69 unarmed men, women and children in Accomarca, located in the southern province of Ayacucho, Peru.
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