NACD Advocate for Rail Reform & Counterterrorism Security Standards

Nearly 90 members of the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) are heading to Capitol Hill to urge Congressional representatives and regulatory officials to support antiterrorism programs that keep our nation...
Ten years has seen the IPR Center launch seven different ongoing IP enforcement operations targeting various commodities that could threaten the safety of American consumers. Operations focusing on counterfeit pharmaceuticals, healthcare products, consumer technology and other items are developed after collaborative efforts between public and private sectors reveal counterfeiting issues that may need both immediate and long-term attention. (Courtesy of ICE)

ICE IPR Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary on World IP Day

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and other partner agencies with the National Intellectual Property...
The DHS Science and Technology Directorate is developing advanced forensic tools and techniques that help DHS Homeland Security Investigations rescue exploited children, track down child pornographers, and obtain convictions against child molesters worldwide.

DHS S&T & HSI Collaborate to Save Children from Abuse & Exploitation

Every day, news reports detail the arrests of child predators and their horrific impact on innocent victims. Child sexual and physical exploitation is exploding online, and law enforcement officials need new tools...
DDoS attacks typically flood web servers with traffic to take them down and so-called ‘stressers' sell those attacks as a service, offering to take down customers' selected targets for a fee or providing direct access to a DDoS tool. According to investigators working on Operation Power Off, DDoS hits emanating from webstresser.org targeted banks, government institutions, police forces, schools and the gaming industry, investigators said.

Take Down of World’s Biggest ‘DDoS-For-Hire’ Site (Learn More, Video)

The administrators of the DDoS marketplace webstresser.org were arrested on 24 April 2018 as a result of Operation Power Off, a complex investigation led by the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit and the...
Fentanyl is commonly distributed as a powder and looks similar to other illicit drugs found on the streets.

Response to a Growing Epidemic: Detect Fentanyl with Portable GC/MS

By Philip Tackett, Ph.D. Product Manager, Detection FLIR Systems, Inc. Clandestine drug labs are not a new problem for responders, but they are growing in number and present potentially dangerous crime scenes. One...
Tyler McIntosh

Child Predator Sentenced to 56 yrs for Child Sexual Assault & Pornography

An Illinois registered sex offender was sentenced March 23 to 56 years in state prison on multiple counts of child sexual assault and production of child pornography. This case was investigated by...

Homeland Security: Top Cyber Risks are Mobile Apps & Users (See Video)

By Hillary Vaughn, Fox Business  Most mobile app users blindly trust that the apps they download from app stores are safe and secure. But that isn’t the case. Douglas Maughan, who heads up...
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

DEA Aims for Record National RX Drug Take Back Day Initiative

After collecting more than 9 million pounds (4,500 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications at 14 previous events over the past 7 years, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and...
Nine people are dead after a van plowed into pedestrians in Toronto on Monday. The driver, was in custody after leaving a trail of destruction stretching up to a mile, according to authorities. (Image courtesy of YouTube)

Van Plows Down Toronto Sidewalk, Killing 9 in ‘Pure Carnage’ (Videos)

By Ian Austen and Liam Stack, The New York Times Nine people were killed and 16 were injured on Monday when a man drove a white van onto the sidewalk along one...
The foreign nationals arrested during this operation all have outstanding removal orders and are subject to repatriation to their countries of origin. Of the 33 known or suspected human rights violators arrested during Operation No Safe Haven IV, eight individuals are also criminal aliens with convictions for crimes including, but not limited to battery, weapons offenses, driving while intoxicated, and resisting arrest.

Operation No Safe Haven IV Targets Human Rights Violation Suspects

The No Safe Haven Initiative The United States grants admission to more refugees and asylum seekers annually than any other nation. Individuals fleeing wars, genocide, ethnic cleansing and various other forms of persecution...