• Multimedia
• Blog
• Subscribe
• What's New
• Contact Us
• Archive

• Topic
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L

  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • XYZ

  
  Select the list of topics to display.
• Country
  • A-B
  • C-E
  • F-K
  • L-O
  • P-S
  • T-Z
  • Regions

  Please choose a country or other area, or a Region.
• Publication Type
• Speaker
  • A-C
  • D-K
  • L-R
  • S-Z
• Date
  • • Most Recent
    • Past 7 days
    • Past 90 days

Defend the homeland and our foreign partners from terrorist attack through aggressive and coordinated international law enforcement action.

Investigating and targeting criminals who generate and/or use fraudulent travel documents is the most effective means by which to disrupt terrorist mobility, human smuggling, and human trafficking. Such investigations require a coordinated international and domestic law enforcement effort to ensure that terrorists and criminal violators are investigated, arrested, and prosecuted wherever these transgressions occur. DS is uniquely positioned to accomplish this increasingly important dimension of U.S. counterterrorism activities and crime prevention.

Overseas, DS created a pilot project that assigned Special Agents to investigate visa and passport fraud at posts where high levels of fraudulent travel documents had been detected. These agents work with their host countries' law enforcement authorities to combat the production of fraudulent travel documents in order to disrupt terrorist travel. Since the pilot project's inception in 2004, the results have been promising: 1,045 arrests for document fraud and related offenses; 3,439 visa refusals and revocations; and 6,216 foreign law enforcement and security personnel trained.

In addition, DS has Special Agents assigned to Regional Security Offices (RSOs) at 165 U.S. diplomatic missions and consulates that have responsibility for an additional 104 constituent posts. Through the implementation of this Strategic Plan, DS will leverage this global network of international law enforcement partners to enhance its worldwide investigative capacity.

Domestically, DS Special Agents serve in field offices and resident offices in 25 cities across the country. DS Special Agents also participate in 26 Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) and 11 Document and Benefit Fraud Task Forces. DS's Global Pursuit Initiative assigns DS Special Agents to major international airports throughout the United States to assist the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in investigating visa and passport irregularities. In conjunction with DHS's ongoing Secure Border Initiative, these DS Special Agents contribute valuable investigative assistance. Since 2004, these DS Special Agents have arrested 2,149 individuals on passport and visa fraud charges and related offenses in the United States.

Click the links below to read the specific objectives of this goal:

OBJECTIVE: EXPAND DS'S OVERSEAS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM

OBJECTIVE: ENHANCE DOMESTIC LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE SECURE BORDER INITIATIVE