Guatemalan vessel - A person holding a vase with a painting on it
This ancient vessel was illegally exported from Guatemala. This artifact and others were officially returned to the country at a repatriation ceremony Feb. 24, 2012 at the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington.
In a ceremony today at the Italian Embassy, in Washington,
In a ceremony today at the Italian Embassy, in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, returned looted antiquities to the people of Italy. The objects were seized by U.S. Immigration and Cus... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) International Operations Division Chief Leo Lin returned a 6th century BCE marble statue known as the “Head of a Veiled Wo... More
Relic on table - A group of clay figurines sitting on top of a table
An ancient artifact is being repatriated to the Dominican Republic by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Four separate investigations by U.S. Immigration and
Four separate investigations by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) led to the seizure of several looted Peruvian artifacts smuggled into the United States du... More
ICE Agent with Dominican Republic artifact
An ICE Agent holds an ancient artifact that is being repatriated to the Dominican Republic.
A repatriation ceremony marking the return of a collection
A repatriation ceremony marking the return of a collection of cultural property, art and antiquities looted from Peru to their rightful owners – the people of Peru, was held July 12. The objects were seized by ... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated five illegally smuggled ancient artifacts to the government of Egypt, including a mummy hand from the 8th century BCE, at a ceremony Thursday at the Eg... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) repatriated a page from a 14th century manuscript and a 19th century Carelli painting to the government of Italy at a ... More
A former member of the Guatemalan army who is wanted
A former member of the Guatemalan army who is wanted for participating in the Dos Erres massacre nearly four decades ago, was removed Tuesday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) En... More
Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, return
Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, return a 16th century tapestry, stolen from a Spanish national cathedral in 1979, to the people of Spain. The tapestry was seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs E... More
WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned two Royal Seals from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) to the Republic of Korea. Each seal is valued at approximately $750,000.“While we recogni... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton, speaks at a repatriation ceremony. ICE returned a 16th century tapestry, stolen in 1979 from a church, to the government of Spain Wednesday at a re... More
ICE returns Royal Seals valued at $1,500,000 to Korea
WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned two Royal Seals from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) to the Republic of Korea. Each seal is valued at approximately $750,000.“While we recogni... More
Each quarter, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program
Each quarter, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program publishes “SEVIS by the Numbers,” a report that provides a snapshot of international students studying in the U.S. Data for the November report was extract... More
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia field office spearheaded an enforcement surge from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4 in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware that resulted in 39 arrests of foreign nation... More
This is a photo of counterfeit drugs seized by ICE
This is a photo of counterfeit drugs seized by ICE HSI agents. ICE is a partner of the Intellectual Property Rights Center.
Designation targets Latin American gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)
Agents escort alleged gang members to jail.
The Farmville Detention Center maintains exercise areas
The Farmville Detention Center maintains exercise areas for detainees. Here is the soccer field used by the detainees.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) repatriated dozens of illegally smuggled ancient artifacts to the government of Egypt, including a Greco-Roman style Egyptian sarcophagus, at a ceremony Wednesday ... More
Don"t Be Fooled posters at the press conference for
Don"t Be Fooled posters at the press conference for the CBP Human Trafficking campaign launch.
HSI Badge - A police badge sitting on top of a desk
HSI Badge and Creds
ICE agent with artifact
An ICE agent holds an artifact being repatriated to the Dominican Republic.
ICE Agent holds ancient tools from the Dominican Republic
An ICE agent holds ancient artifacts that are being repatriated to the Dominican Republic.
ICE arrests over 2,900 convicted criminal aliens, fugitives
ICE arrests over 2,900 convicted criminal aliens, fugitives in enforcement operation throughout all 50 states, Sept. 28, 2011.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Cyber Crimes Unit helps track down those committing crimes in cyberspace. Here an ICE Agent scans the internet for illegal sites.
National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center Government officials
National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center Government officials announced today that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center has expanded its operations center to enhance efforts... More
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations in Boston has
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations in Boston has opened an expanded new state-of-the-art forensic laboratory. The facility will assist federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities in New England wi... More
With the conclusion of Major League Baseball's 2011
With the conclusion of Major League Baseball's 2011 World Series, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center ha... More
Federal, state and local authorities announced the
Federal, state and local authorities announced the results of "Operation Pipeline Express," a 17-month multi-agency investigation responsible for dismantling a massive narcotics trafficking organization in the ... More
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) with
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) with the assistance of the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) today is designa... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations announced the seizure of more than 327,000 counterfeit items with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price worth an estimated $76.8 milli... More
A seized website selling counterfeit goods.
A seized website selling counterfeit goods. Public domain photograph of shoes, footwear, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photo of elaborate cross-border drug smuggling tunnel
Photo of elaborate cross-border drug smuggling tunnel discovered inside a warehouse near San Diego.
New Karnes County Civil Detention Center
This photograph shows one area of the interior grounds at the new Karnes Detention Center in Karnes City, Texas.
This photograph shows one area of the interior grounds
This photograph shows one area of the interior grounds at the new Karnes Detention Center, in Karnes City, Texas.
A detainee is being treated in the detention facility
A detainee is being treated in the detention facility medical clinic.
ICE and the NFL announced record-breaking results of
ICE and the NFL announced record-breaking results of a nationwide enforcement operation targeting stores, flea markets and street vendors selling counterfeit game-related sportswear throughout the United States... More
ICE opens its first-ever designed-and-built civil detention center
This is a photo of the main entrance of the Karnes County Texas Civil Detention Center.
ICE ERO arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal
ICE ERO arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, fugitives and immigration violators in a six-day nationwide enforcement action. In this photo an ICE agent frisks a suspect.
ICE ERO arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal
ICE ERO arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, fugitives and immigration violators in a six-day nationwide enforcement action. In this photo ICE agents escort an arrested suspect.
ICE ERO arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal
ICE ERO arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, fugitives and immigration violators in a six-day nationwide enforcement action. In this photo an ICE agent escorts criminal alien after arrest in Phoenix.
George Boley first-ever removal under the Child Soldiers
George Boley first-ever removal under the Child Soldiers Accountability Act — The former leader of the Liberian Peace Council who committed human rights abuses during the Liberian civil war in the 1990s was dep... More
ICE ERO arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal
ICE ERO arrested more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, fugitives and immigration violators in a six-day nationwide enforcement action. In this photo agent escorts criminal alien after an arrest in Baltimore.
ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrest more
ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrest more than 600 gang members and associates in national enforcement operation HSI-led law enforcement operation executed in 150 U.S. cities and Honduras targeting... More
ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrest more
ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrest more than 600 gang members and associates in national enforcement operation HSI-led law enforcement operation executed in 150 U.S. cities and Honduras targeting... More
Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations
Special agents with Homeland Security Investigations led a multi-agency investigation targeting a South San Francisco-based street gang linked to multiple shootings and murders. HSI special agents executed num... More
ICE deports Los Angeles-area gang member wanted for murder in El Salva...
Tarsis Dodamin Quintero-Sanchez, 40, was repatriated to El Salvador Wednesday aboard a removal flight chartered by ICE’s Air Operations Unit.
ICE deports former Bosnian-Serb police commander tied
ICE deports former Bosnian-Serb police commander tied to Srebrenica genocide. Case is among hundreds identified by ICE’s Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center.
Operation Orion - A poster with information about the origin of the un...
Homeland Security Investigations coordinated a chold exploitation initiative. The primary targets of this initiative, titled OPERATION ORION were individuals who possessed, received, transported, distributed, a... More
The nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur was forfeited
The nearly complete skeleton of a dinosaur was forfeited today to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations special agents. This action stems from an investigation by HSI and t... More
United Technologies subsidiary pleads guilty to criminal charges for h...
Pratt & Whitney Canada, a Canadian subsidiary of the Connecticut-based defense contractor United Technologies Corporation, pleaded guilty June 28, 2012, to violating the Arms Export Control Act and making false... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) -led National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) seized 70 websites that were illegally selling... More
Operation Copy Cat - An advertisement for the operation covidt
ICE-led IPR Center seizes 70 websites duping consumers into buying counterfeit merchandise.
ICE deports individual to Italy
An Italian national, wanted for theft, robbery, extortion, drug and weapon charges in Italy, was deported and turned over to Italian law enforcement authorities, Thursday, Aug. 23.
Operation SOAR - A person sitting on a blue bench with handcuffs on th...
ICE teams throughout Texas arrest 50 convicted sex offenders and other criminal aliens during 5-day Operation SOAR.
Investigating the looting or theft of cultural patrimony
Investigating the looting or theft of cultural patrimony and art, and returning the recovered objects to their countries of origin are an important part of ICE's diverse mission. The objects returned today wer... More
Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs
Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed state search warrants this week against five local vendors and seized more than $200,000 wort... More
Operation Bear - A group of police officers walking down a sidewalk
ICE arrests 90 during Operation ‘Bear’ III targeting criminal aliens in central and south Texas.
Over three days, December 11 to 13, 2012, federal
Over three days, December 11 to 13, 2012, federal authorities at a Los Angeles-area cargo processing facility interdicted hundreds of parcels containing suspected counterfeit goods in stepped up enforcement act... More
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton announced the results of a major operation that identified and rescued sexually exploited children worldwide. Director Morton and National Center f... More
A rare Etruscan black-figure kalpis, which has been
A rare Etruscan black-figure kalpis, which has been traced back to 510 B.C., will be returned to the Italian government following a transfer ceremony Tuesday, at the Toledo Museum of Art. A June 2012 agreement... More
Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the results of a lengthy investigation, called Operation Dark Night, into a sex trafficking stretching from Florida to Georgia to North and South ... More
With Halloween approaching, officials are warning the
With Halloween approaching, officials are warning the public about the dangers associated with counterfeit decorative contact lenses. The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations (... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned a Tyrannosaurus Bataar skeleton, looted from the Gobi Desert and illegally smuggled into the United States, to the government of Mongolia, on May 6, 2013,... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned a Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton, looted from the Gobi Desert and illegally smuggled into the United States, to the government of Mongolia, May 6, 2013, du... More
Federal officials and representatives from the U.S.
Federal officials and representatives from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, announced the seizure of a long-lost diary kept by a close confidant of Adolph Hitler. The recovery of this historica... More
HSI arrests 263 gang members and associates from 43
HSI arrests 263 gang members and associates from 43 different gangs in nationwide gang enforcement operation. HSI-led operation, Project Razor’s Edge, was executed in 71 U.S. cities including Dallas,Texas, Wash... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton will announce the results of a major operation to identify and rescue sexually exploited children. Maryland State Police Superintendent Colone... More
HSI arrested 263 gang members and associates from 43
HSI arrested 263 gang members and associates from 43 different gangs in nationwide gang enforcement operation. The HSI-led operation, Project Razor’s Edge, was executed in 71 U.S. cities, including Dallas, and ... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will repatriate gold artifacts and an ancient vase to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The antiquities were seized in Newark, N.J., after ICE Homeland Security... More
A highly-sophisticated smuggling tunnel was shut down
A highly-sophisticated smuggling tunnel was shut down Wednesday night by federal authorities. The passageway, linking warehouses in San Diego’s Otay Mesa industrial park and Tijuana, Mexico, is equipped with el... More
An ICE HSI special agent carries an evidence box. On
An ICE HSI special agent carries an evidence box. On Nov. 7, Rosenberg Diary was photographed and scanned at the Hagley Museum in Wilmington, Del., under Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs... More
Earlier today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Earlier today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) transferred the lost diary kept by Alfred Rosenberg, a close confidant of Adolf Hitler, to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. This hi... More
HSI agents deliver a stolen sculpture to the Indian
HSI agents deliver a stolen sculpture to the Indian consulate in New York City. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations returned three recovered sculptures, valued at more th... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) returned three recovered sculptures, valued at more than $1.5 million, to the government of India Tuesday during a repatri... More
HSI returns ancient statues to India
The ruins of the 10th century Gadgach Temple in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, where two sandstone sculptures were looted in 2009. The sculptures were recovered by ICE HSI in the United States and give... More
A leaf from the Missal of Ludovico da Romagnano, a
A leaf from the Missal of Ludovico da Romagnano, a 15th century manuscript known as the San Lorenzo, was repatriated to the Italian government Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland... More
A Mexican national wanted in Mexico for aggravated
A Mexican national wanted in Mexico for aggravated homicide was returned Wednesday by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, and turn... More
ICE teams up with NFL and law enforcement partners
ICE teams up with NFL and law enforcement partners to seize counterfeit goods.
Federal officials teamed with the National Football
Federal officials teamed with the National Football League (NFL) Thursday to announce the record-breaking results of a nationwide law enforcement effort aimed at combating counterfeit sports merchandise.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) will repatriate a painting stolen by Nazi forces during World War II to the government of Poland. The painting was seized ... More
More than seven decades after being stolen by the Nazis,
More than seven decades after being stolen by the Nazis, the "Saint Philip Baptizing a Servant of Queen Kandaki" by German painter Johann Conrad Seekatz is back in the hands of the people of Poland. At a ceremo... More
Epistola de insulis nuper inventis, published 1493.
Epistola de insulis nuper inventis, published 1493. Latin translation by Leandro di Cosco of the letter by Christopher Columbus about what he saw in his first voyage
The Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST),
The Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST), is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-led, multi-agency Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiative t... More
Homeland Security Investigations, Dallas PD arrest
Homeland Security Investigations, Dallas PD arrest local massage parlor owners, serve search warrants.
The Crime Museum today unveiled a new exhibit entitled
The Crime Museum today unveiled a new exhibit entitled "Securing the Homeland – ICE," offering insight into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its efforts to promote homeland security and public... More
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, joined by representatives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern D... More
Sanitized screen grab of the child pornography website
Sanitized screen grab of the child pornography website on the Darknet’s Onion Router, or Tor, network. The child exploitation enterprise was dismantled by HSI and USPIS. The name of the website is not released ... More
Pictured are iGuardians trading cards.
Pictured are iGuardians trading cards.
More than 600 gang members and associates from 145
More than 600 gang members and associates from 145 different gangs were arrested in 179 cities across the U.S. during Project Southbound, a month-long operation executed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem... More
Marriage fraud is a federal campaign
ICE begins marriage fraud awareness campaign. Public domain photograph of a church building, chapel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
More than 600 gang members and associates from 145
More than 600 gang members and associates from 145 different gangs were arrested in 179 cities across the U.S. during Project Southbound, a month-long operation executed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem... More
- 1 suspect charged as feds shutter 2 San Diego-area
- 1 suspect charged as feds shutter 2 San Diego-area smuggling tunnels. - 7 cross-border passageways detected in area in less than 4 years. Over the course of the last four days, members of the San Diego Tunn... More
-1 suspect charged as feds shutter 2 San Diego-area
-1 suspect charged as feds shutter 2 San Diego-area smuggling tunnels. -7 cross-border passageways detected in area in less than 4 years. Over the course of the last four days, members of the San Diego Tunnel... More
More than 600 gang members and associates from 145
More than 600 gang members and associates from 145 different gangs were arrested in 179 cities across the U.S. during Project Southbound, a month-long operation executed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem... More
More than 600 gang members and associates from 145
More than 600 gang members and associates from 145 different gangs were arrested in 179 cities across the U.S. during Project Southbound, a month-long operation executed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem... More
More than 600 gang members and associates from 145
More than 600 gang members and associates from 145 different gangs were arrested in 179 cities across the U.S. during Project Southbound, a month-long operation executed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcem... More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested 40 convicted criminal aliens during a three-day operation which concluded Saturday.
After more than six decades after being removed during
After more than six decades after being removed during the Korean War, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) repatriated Friday nine royal seals of the Korean E... More