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ICE seizes 3 tons of marijuana valued at $12 million
Two-year-old Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) K-9, Kiara, made her first big seizure.
ICE returns more than 1,000 artifacts to Iraq
Iraq Embassy receives a cache of significant cultural items illegally imported to U.S.
ICE announces enhanced standards for detainees
New performance based standards improve the safety, care, and well being of every of immigration detainee held in ICE detention facilities.
ICE arrests 23 illegal workers
Enforcement action at Arcata flower grower, The Sun Valley Group, is part of ongoing ICE investigation.
Gustav Evacuations
For detainees evacuated from the South Louisiana Correctional Center, located in Basile, Louisiana, or from Orleans Parish Prison, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, please call: the New Orleans Field Office, Emergency Operations Center at (901) 333-1562.
ICE arrests 595 at Mississippi plant
Charges include aggravated identity theft, fraudulent use of Social Security numbers and individuals illegally in the United States.
Key suspect in massacre returned to Mexico
Fugitive alien was wanted for the execution-style slaying of 19 people, including five children, in 1998.
Feds bust child pornography ring
55 charged in multi-agency agency probe targeting use of peer-to-peer networks to exchange child pornography
Counterfeit toothpaste traffickers pleaded guilty
Two individuals and two corporations pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking in more than half a million tubes of counterfeit and tainted Colgate toothpaste.
ICE deports former military officer to Lima, Peru
Former Peruvian military officer accused of human rights violations with alleged victims including children, pregnant women, elderly people, and political opponents.
106 immigration violators returned to Southeast Asia
ICE coordinated the flight that returned 49 Filipinos, 44 Indonesians, and 13 Cambodians to their respective countries.
ICE dismantles counterfeit document mill
Five Southern California men face federal charges for selling counterfeit identity and immigration documents out of video store.
42 illegal workers arrested at Dulles
ICE agents make arrests at Dulles International Airport as part of a critical infrastructure protection (CIP) operation.
ICE arrests 57 illegal alien employees
North Carolina defense contractor responsible for manufacturing U.S. military parachutes
Schedule your departure back home
New ICE program gives non-criminal fugitive aliens opportunity to avoid arrest and detention
ICE partners with Puerto Rico
ICE and Puerto Rico Department of Correction and Rehabilitation partner to remove criminal aliens and save tax payers millions of dollars
ICE arrests woman selling fake Botox to doctors
Los Angeles woman arrested after allegedly selling Human Growth Hormone and counterfeit Botox over the Internet
Monet paintings: French national pleads guilty
French national pleads guilty to international stolen art conspiracy involving paintings by Monet, Sisley, and Brueghel
Airport Worker Sentenced for Smuggling
Former O'Hare Airport worker sentenced to 2 years in prison for illegally exporting cash and military items
ICE Participates in Dedication and Open House
ICE partners with Departments of Justice, Commerce, Health & Human Services, Postal Inspection, private industry, and law enforcement communities to help protect Intellectual Property Rights
1,500 BC Artifacts Returned to Colombia
66 pre-Columbian artifacts, some over 3,000 years old, were seized by ICE and returned home to Colombia.
$6 million in cocaine seized
ICE special agents, working with Puerto Rico Police Department's Joint Forces for Rapid Action, found more than 261 kilograms of cocaine.
Chinese drug counterfeiter guilty
The owner of Pacific Orient International Ltd. was convicted of trafficking in counterfeit goods and trafficking in counterfeit pharmaceuticals in Houston.
Agriprocessors 'supervisors' arrested
Two alleged supervisors at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville, Iowa, were arrested on various criminal immigration and fraudulent identity charges.
$2M in Ecstasy seized
Canadian faces charges in smuggling Ecstasy in exchange for cocaine.
5 Houston employers charged
A criminal complaint charged the owner and managers of Action Rags USA, a Houston exporter and grader of used clothing, with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens.
Charged in Exports to Iran
ICE arrests two munitions dealers charged with conspiring to export military aircraft parts to Iran.
'Most Wanted' predator suspect caught
A mortgage finance expert from the San Francisco area, who fled the country two months ago rather than face child sex tourism charges, was expelled by Cuba.
Alleged Hell's Angels drug ring
Two Canadian men who allegedly ran a cross-border cocaine and marijuana smuggling scheme for the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang were arrested, capping a three-year undercover investigation.
Mexican trade transparency unit
Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary for ICE, and Juan Jose Bravo Moises, Administrator General for Mexico Customs, launch new Trade Transparency Unit in Mexico City.
DHS team arrests drug suspect off P.R.
ICE, working jointly with Caribbean Border Interagency Group seizes approximately 567 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of more than $17 million.
ICE dismantles money laundering organization
Agents arrest ten for laundering more than $9 million in three years through the Black Market Peso Exchange, a decades-old money laundering infrastructure believed to handle billions worth of illicit dollars annually
More than 325 arrests in Los Angeles
Three week long, state-wide fugitive operation enforcement effort nets more than 900 arrests in California.
306 criminally charged in Iowa
306 workers of those arrested on administrative immigration charges at Agriprocessors Inc., in Postville, Iowa, have been charged criminally.
39 arrested in Phoenix area
Week-long joint law enforcement operations in Arizona arrested illegal aliens, 7 of whom had criminal histories.
Guilty in software auction scam
Oregon man conducted thousands of online auctions, using more than 40 fictitious usernames and online payment accounts to sell counterfeit software.
80 arrested for marriage fraud
Federal agencies teamed to round up couples who married in Florida allegedly to cheat the immigration system.
ICE arrests INTERPOL suspect
Within days of INTERPOL's call for assistance, ICE identified and arrested a suspect in the production and distribution of child pornography.
ICE, INTERPOL seek predator's identity
This man, whose name, nationality and location are unknown, is featured in hundreds of images of child sexual abuse.
Predator suspect joins 'Most Wanted' list
ICE seeks the public's help in locating a 61-year-old California mortgage finance expert who fled after being charged with child sex tourism and possession of child pornography.
175 kilograms of cocaine seized in Puerto Rico
Three men traveling from the Dominican Republic were spotted by CBP and turned over to ICE agents, who seized about $5 million in drugs.
ICE and DOJ target ID theft at poultry plants
Simultaneous enforcement actions were carried out at Pilgrim's Pride plants in five states. ICE arrested more than 300 workers suspected of committing ID theft and other criminal and immigration violations.
NY restaurant owner charged with harboring
ICE agents arrested 11 individuals for conspiring to harbor illegal aliens who were smuggled into the U.S. to work in restaurants in four states.
177 kilos of cocaine seized
ICE, CBP and Puerto Rican Police seize cocaine valued at $5 million in vessel abandoned in chase.
School head charged in visa fraud
A Beverly Hills man who operates two schools that teach English to foreign students was charged with running a visa fraud scheme that allowed foreign nationals, including Russian prostitutes, to obtain student visas.
Reward for "Most Wanted" fugitive Pena Pena
Colombia drug smuggling ring leader wanted for cocaine trafficking, money laundering and kidnapping of an ICE agent
59 undocumented workers arrested at luxury hotel
ICE agents interviewed roughly 100 employees that resulted in the arrest of immigration status violators working at the resort. The 59 men and woman are nationals of El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Bolivia, Peru and Argentina, and all face removal proceedings.
Arms seized in Arizona
A multi-agency ICE-led task force seized a weapons cache in Tucson,
including a Serbu .50 caliber sniper rifle, apparently bound for Mexico.
Police killing suspect deported
Jaime Eufracio Castaneda is fingerprinted after being arrested in California on a tip from Mexican authorities.
Murder suspect returned to Mexico
A Mexican fugitive wanted for a homicide was identified in U.S. prison and sent home to face justice.
Traffickers smuggled weapons into Mexico
ICE & ATF agents arrest 3 and seizure 24 weapons
Guilty pleas in U.N. documents fraud
Two men fraudulently procured large numbers of United States entry visas for non-U.S. citizens
8 charged in Virginia document ring
Counterfeit ID ring sold Ohio and Puerto Rico identities to those violating immigration laws
600 arrested in Phoenix area
Drop houses have been identified across the Phoenix metropolitan area with help of local police in the last week.
$11 million in cocaine seized
Two men were arrested in Puerto Rico for allegedly attempting to illegally import 456 kilograms of cocaine.
Fake network hardware seized
United States and Canada target the illegal distribution of counterfeit network hardware manufactured in China.
First counterfeit drug case extradition
A citizen of the Philippines was extradited to the United States from Thailand for conspiring to import and distribute counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs into the U.S.
Employers sentenced in cleaning firm scam
Three Florida residents received between 10 and 2 years in federal prison for running a nationwide janitorial firm that employed illegal aliens at sites across the nation.
Huge apparel smuggling ring hit
The owner of a Los Angeles-area trucking company pleaded guilty to one of the largest schemes that brought Chinese-made clothes into the West Coast without paying customs duties.
Five more IFCO managers indicted
Five more managers of the Pallet Management Division of IFCO Systems North America have been indicted in the April 2006 worksite enforcement operation, shown here.
Marijuana house discovered in Florida
One hundred ninety-three marijuana plants were discovered in a Loxahatchee home by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and officers assigned to the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office (PBSO).
Fugitive teams make 225 arrests in 6 states
Eleven fugitive operations teams made arrests in New York, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Missouri in a four-day operation
Fraudulent document factory shut down
A Mexican national was arrested in Wilmington, Del., on federal charges of producing and misusing immigration documents, Social Security cards and driver's licenses.
Fake Federal Reserve notes scam stopped
An alleged Los Angeles financial scam aimed to sell hundreds of counterfeit Federal Reserve notes, many with a purported face value of a half billion dollars.
Mom reunited with kidnapped baby
Francisca Garcia-Favila, of Mexico, center, is reunited with baby Alexandra, with from left, Guillermo Ochoa, ICE Attaché, Juarez; Nadia Julieta Salazar Alvarez, Ministrio Publico Federal Procuraduria General de la Republica (PGR); and Richard S. Curry, ICE Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Las Vegas.
Aliens smuggled in hidden compartments
Father and son owners of an Oxnard, Calif., body shop are accused of fitting vehicles with hidden compartments and used them to smuggle illegal aliens into the U.S.
Team work with NBA nets fakes
ICE crackdown on New Orleans vendors seizes $732,000 in counterfeit items during All Star Game weekend.
85 hidden inside trailers with no means of escape
Eighty-five illegal aliens were arrested here Thursday night as they were being smuggled into the United States hidden inside four tractor trailers inspection.
Joint Phoenix operation deports criminals
In Phoenix, more than 110 foreign-born criminals on probation in Maricopa County have been arrested and now face deportation as a result of a new operation.
Mexican smuggler gets life sentence
A Mexican man has been sentenced to life in prison plus seven years after being found guilty by a federal jury of multiple charges for his role in a violent smuggling-related hostage incident investigated by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Army pilot accused of dealing in stolen art
Pre-dynastic artifacts stolen from the Ma'adi Museum near Cairo, dated to 3000 B.C. and earlier, have been discovered in the United States.
ICE deports Mexican drug enforcer after he served prison sentence
ICE Special Response Team turns over to Mexican authorities a man wanted for allegedly overseeing the protection of the Juarez Drug Cartel kingpins.
ICE teams up with NFL to crackdown on fake goods
ICE agents and NFL investigators descended at numerous stores in Glendale, Arizona, over the weekend, seizing an array of counterfeit items as part of a crackdown leading up to this year's Super Bowl.
Fraud trends employers might see
ICE issues advice for employers on spotting the latest trends in document fraud.
DRO deports Jamaican wanted for killing two cops
A top lieutenant of the Clansman gang who is wanted by Jamaican authorities for the murder of two police officers was deported yesterday.
Fugitive on ICE's 10 "Most Wanted" list captured in Los Angeles
MS-13 gang member sought for questioning by LAPD in several homicides
DRO removes 107 aliens to Nigeria and the Middle East
ICE executes major removal operation of 107 individuals, including criminals with histories of sexual crimes, assault, cruelty to a child, drug convictions, embezzlement, forgery, fraud and counterfeit.
ICE arrests former Juarez, Mexico, public safety director on drug, bribery charges
Mexican entrepreneur had made arrangements to continue smuggling drugs to El Paso
ICE targets human trafficking
ICE targets human trafficking in public service announcement. Special report "Sex Slaves in America" airs on MSNBC tonight.
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