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5/5/2009 Tucson, AZ Drug and weapons seizures by Tucson BEST on the rise
5/5/2009 San Juan, PR First federal government prosecution using Patriot Act to charge U.S. citizens of bulk cash smuggling crimes discovered abroad and committed in the U.S.
5/4/2009 Seattle, WA Washington state man extradited from Spain to face drug charges
5/1/2009 Brownsville, TX Brownsville man and woman arrested for smuggling aliens for prostitution
4/30/2009 Houston, TX Texas man sentenced to 13 years in prison for alien smuggling
4/30/2009 Wichita, KS ICE arrests 17 in operation targeting transnational gang members
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The Office of Investigations (OI) is responsible for investigating a range of issues that may threaten national security. OI uses its legal authority to investigate issues such as immigration crime, human rights violations, and human smuggling; narcotics, weapons and other types of smuggling; and financial crimes, cybercrime, and export enforcement issues. ICE special agents also conduct investigations aimed at protecting critical infrastructure industries that are vulnerable to sabotage, attack, or exploitation.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of DHS, charged with preventing terrorist and criminal activity by targeting the people, money, and materials that support terrorist and criminal organizations. OI is a critical asset in this mission, responsible for investigating a wide range of domestic and international activities arising from the illegal movement of people and goods into, within, and out of the United States.
ICE investigations cover a broad range of areas, including national security threats, financial and smuggling violations (including illegal arms exports), financial crimes, commercial fraud, human trafficking, narcotics smuggling, child pornography/exploitation, and immigration fraud. ICE has 26 principal field offices throughout the United States and more than 50 international offices around the world.
