Homeland Security Investigation

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is a division of the United States Department of Homeland Security that is responsible for investigating a wide range of criminal activities. HSI has jurisdiction over more than 400 federal laws and focuses on transnational crimes that pose a threat to national security, public safety, and the economy. This includes crimes such as human trafficking, drug smuggling, money laundering, cybercrime, and terrorism. HSI has agents located in more than 200 cities around the world, and works closely with other law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute crimes.

 

 

Texas and Louisiana’s First Spouses’ Global Human Trafficking Summit – 10.14.21
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Texas and Louisiana’s First Spouses’ Global Human Trafficking Summit – 10.14.21

First Lady of Texas Cecilia Abbott and First Lady of Louisiana Donna Edwards have partnered in the past year to educate other first spouses along with key stakeholders across the country on anti-human trafficking efforts and resources they can bring back to their own states. The latest educational summit in October 2021 was hosted by the Texas Governor’s Child Sex Trafficking…

AG Kaul announces additional $2M grant for anti-human trafficking task force
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AG Kaul announces additional $2M grant for anti-human trafficking task force

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) – Attorney General Josh Kaul has announced the efforts of the Wisconsin Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force will continue for another three years with a newly awarded $2 million grant from the U.S. DOJ for Victims of Crime. WAHTTF is a statewide multidisciplinary task force comprised of federal, state, and tribal law enforcement…

‘Hold them accountable’ | 10 people arrested in human trafficking operation on ‘Bissonnet Track,’ officials say
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‘Hold them accountable’ | 10 people arrested in human trafficking operation on ‘Bissonnet Track,’ officials say

Officials said nine of the twelve victims found were minors. HOUSTON — Ten people were arrested in a multi-agency operation targeting human trafficking on Houston’s infamous Bissonnet Track, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Friday evening. The operation was focused on the sex trafficking of minors. ICE said four documented gang members and six…

FBI, Homeland Security discuss efforts to fight human trafficking
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FBI, Homeland Security discuss efforts to fight human trafficking

Human sex trafficking isn’t what most people think it is, according to FBI Special Agent Taylor Dervish. Dervish, who is assigned to the Atlanta Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, spoke Tuesday to a joint meeting of the Carpet Capital Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Dalton. “The task force is the largest in…

The REAL Story Of “The Sound of Freedom” | Operation Triple Take
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The REAL Story Of “The Sound of Freedom” | Operation Triple Take

Did you know the heart-pounding beach rescue depicted in “Sound of Freedom” is based on O.U.R.’s real Operation Triple Take?

Get an inside look at our undercover operators and hear their first-hand accounts of that day in 2014 as they share the harsh reality of human trafficking and the raw emotion they felt as they watched “Sound of Freedom.”

O.U.R.’s Operation Triple Take involved three simultaneous takedowns in three different Colombian cities to rescue victims of sex trafficking in 2014. On that day, 20 traffickers were arrested and 123 survivors were freed from the devastating hold of sex slavery.

Laundry company owners guilty of trafficking migrants, minors for labor
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Laundry company owners guilty of trafficking migrants, minors for labor

The manager of a laundry business in Virginia was accused of pulling a 13-year-old girl’s hair while ordering her back to work. Other teenagers told investigators they were forced to toil through grueling 11-hour overnight shifts before school. And a new mother was grabbed by the arm and shaken when she asked for help taking…

HSI expects more arrests after human trafficking bust
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HSI expects more arrests after human trafficking bust

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Homeland Security Investigations said it “absolutely” expects to arrest more people involved with child exploitation and human trafficking. In order to make these arrests, HSI is continuing its investigation of last week’s Operation Rolling Fire in Fayetteville. According to HSI, the three-day human trafficking bust used the help of 20 local,…

AG Fitch Leads Human Trafficking Operation on Mississippi Gulf Coast, Trains Two Dozen New Certified Trafficking Investigators – MageeNews.com
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AG Fitch Leads Human Trafficking Operation on Mississippi Gulf Coast, Trains Two Dozen New Certified Trafficking Investigators – MageeNews.com

Please note that this post contains affiliate links and any sales made through such links will reward MageeNews.com a small commission – at no extra cost to you.  (Jackson, Mississippi) Attorney General Lynn Fitch today announced the completion of a four-day human trafficking training for 28 law enforcement officers from across the state. The training included…

Real Footage From the Island Operation In Sound of Freedom
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Real Footage From the Island Operation In Sound of Freedom

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