Top Priority Sector: border_security U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the Calexico, California downtown port of entry Tuesday discovered approximately $265,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine concealed inside the cargo area of an SUV. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Coast Guard and CBP using more unmanned aircraft for drug smuggling surveillance
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NYPD Cop, Brothers Charged In International Gun Smuggling Plot [PHOTOS]
A trio of brothers were charged after a plot was uncovered that the siblings allegedly shipped high-powered assault weapons overseas. The story has an interesting twist as two of the siblings worked in law enforcement. The New York Daily News writes that NYPD officer Rex-Gene Maralit, 44; Los Angeles-based U….
ACORN San Diego Child Prostitution Smuggling Part I
Undercover investigation featuring smuggling and Child Prostitution at ACORN in San Diego. Song ‘Ridiculous’ copyright ©2009 Anthony Dini. Used with permissi… ___________________________ Read More…. View full post on Select From Our Menu
Agencies conduct anti-nuclear smuggling drill off Washington coast
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: NNSA, Coast Guarddetection drill U.S. nuclear security authorities and the U.S. Coast Guard recently completed a live action port security drill in the waters off of Washington state. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security News View full…
Former airline employee who led drug smuggling enterprise gets life
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: JFK International Airport A former American Airlines baggage handler who instigated a drug smuggling ring using hidden compartments in aircraft cargo holds, wings and ceilings will serve a life sentence in federal prison. Victor D’Costa Bourne, 37, received the life sentence on…
CBP officer charged in Texas alien smuggling scheme
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Pharr Port of Entry A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, his girlfriend and an associate have been charged in Brownsville, TX, in an alleged bribery and alien smuggling operation along the U.S./Mexico border that prosecutors said operated between 2009 and 2011….
U.S. and Czech Republic increase nuclear smuggling defenses
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Daniel Poneman Under an agreement signed on Sept. 7 with the U.S. nuclear security agency, the Czech Republic will receive portable radiation detection gear to help prevent illicit trafficking of special nuclear and other radioactive material. The country signed a Memorandum of…
Two ex-Border Patrol agents convicted of alien smuggling
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Raul Villareal Two former San Diego-area U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents face up to 50 years in prison following their conviction on Aug. 10 for running a lucrative human smuggling ring that brought hundreds of Mexicans and Brazilians illegally…
Latest drug haul emphasizes increasing sea-borne smuggling, says Coast Guard
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Cutter Aspen unloads The seizure of four tons of marijuana from a ship in the Pacific Ocean 160 miles west of Los Angeles on July 26, is only the latest in a record year of water-borne enforcement actions in the area, said…