ICE is the lead U.S. law enforcement agency responsible for fighting human smuggling and human trafficking.
Human smuggling is the importation of people into a country via the deliberate evasion of immigration laws. This includes bringing illegal aliens into a country, as well as the unlawful transportation and harboring of aliens already in a country illegally. Some smuggling situations may involve murder, rape and assault.
ICE has embarked on an ambitious strategy to dismantle organized human smuggling networks:
9/10/2012 Alexandria, VA Former MS-13 leader pleads guilty to sex trafficking teen girl
9/7/2012 Atlanta, GA Georgia man receives 80-year sentence for human trafficking
9/6/2012 Alexandria, VA Man arrested for transporting teen girl for prostitution
8/6/2012 Houston, TX Houston man pleads guilty to alien smuggling
7/24/2012 Tucson, AZ Jury convicts 2 Arizona men involved in shuttle service human smuggling ring
7/19/2012 Fort Worth, TX 2 north Texas men plead guilty to sex trafficking charges