Homeland Security Investigations

Woodland Hills Man Arrested in Alleged Koreatown Shakedown Scheme

LOS ANGELES—A Woodland Hills man was arrested March 16 on federal charges alleging he was extorting protection money from Koreatown businesses, sometimes using violence against those who refused to pay. ...

March 16, 2023BY City News Service

46 Men Arrested in North Texas Undercover Sex Trafficking Sting

Forty-six men were arrested in connection with a massive undercover sex-trafficking sting operation in two affluent North Texas ...

January 25, 2023BY Jana J. Pruet

‘A Tremendous Success’: Several Missing Children Recovered During Alabama Human Trafficking Sting

An extensive operation into human trafficking during The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, ended July 17 with multiple ...

July 21, 2022BY Matt McGregor

ICE Agents Recover 19th-Century Painting Stolen From Ancient Italian Monastery

Stolen almost two decades ago from an ancient abbey in northeastern Italy, a trafficked 19th-century art piece is ...

September 5, 2020BY Wire Service

Data Shows Rise in Child Exploitation Cases: Report

More than 4,000 child exploitation cases were initiated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) this fiscal year, resulting in ...

November 14, 2019BY Bowen Xiao