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Official U.S. Department of Justice Twitter account focusing on international law enforcement. Privacy policy: https://t.co/XyHvZY52Fv…
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.@TheJusticeDept & @FBI seek info linked to recipients of bribes paid by Odebrecht S.A. and Braskem S.A. You could receive up to $5 million reward. Learn more about @USTreasury’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program:
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Today, @TheJusticeDept and @ICEgov removed a WWII Nazi Concentration Camp Guard to Germany becoming the 70th Nazi Persecutor Removed from the United States.
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.@DOJCrimDiv and Task Force #KleptoCapture met with @minjust_gov_ua Deputy Justice Minister Iryna Mudra to show support in rebuilding Ukraine and benefit its citizens by holding the Russian Federation accountable in the seizure and forfeiture of Russian assets. #StandWithUkraine
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Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. FGM violates human rights and has NO health benefits. @TheJusticeDept @FBI and @ICEgov are committed to #endFGM.
On this International #EndFGM Day, the @StateDept recognizes the exacerbation of female genital mutilation caused by COVID19 due to the loss of social protections. We recommit to ending all forms of gender-based violence & holding perpetrators accountable.
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Last week, AG Garland, @DOJCrimDiv, KleptoCapture leadership & @StateDept met with @Bordans and Latvia law enforcement partners to strengthen cooperation and show support to Baltic countries in combatting money laundering, Russian aggression and addressing war crimes in Ukraine.
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.@DOJCrimDiv AAG Polite & @JusticeATR AAG Kanter met w/ Minister of Justice Han Dong Hoon & others to thank South Korea for its outstanding cooperation & strengthen 🇺🇸 🇰🇷 collaboration on combating ransomware, criminal use of cryptocurrency & criminal antitrust matters.
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@DEAHQ @FBI and @IRS_CI assisted foreign law enforcement partners in taking down the world's largest illegal dark web marketplace. Learn more:
DarkMarket: world's largest illegal dark web marketplace has been taken offline in an international operation involving 🇩🇪🇦🇺🇩🇰🇲🇩🇺🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸. #DarkMarket had 500 000 users, 2 400 sellers and 320 000 transactions. We supported the takedown with operational analysis and coordination.
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.@TheJusticeDept @CivilRights Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit provided virtual training to 25+ prosecutors, law enforcement and civil society organizations from 21 countries across multiple regions on best practices in investigating and prosecuting human trafficking.
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The U.S. Government has launched an anticorruption tip line for submitting information about corrupt activity in Guatemala, Honduras, or El Salvador that has a connection to the United States. Submit information by emailing combatiendocorrupcion@fbi.gov
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Last week, @TheJusticeDept returned to @JusticeGov Israel Ministry of Justice original Nazi documents used in DOJ’s 2001 civil prosecution of John Demjanjuk & then in German case yielding his 2011 conviction as accessory to WWII murders of 28,060 Jews at the Sobibor death camp.
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.@SDNYnews Announces extradition from Australia to the United States of Australian and Chinese nationals charged in multimillion-dollar text messaging consumer fraud scheme.
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DOJ’s Office of International Affairs worked with the International Criminal Division of the Korean Ministry of Justice to secure the arrest and extradition of alleged money launderer.
Vietnamese national and member of multinational media company charged with participating in a scheme to launder at least $67 million in fraud proceeds.
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Three Nigerian Nationals Extradited to the United States from the United Kingdom for Participating in Business Email Compromise Fraud Schemes .@DOJCrimDiv #DOJOIA #CCIPS @USAO_WDNC @USAO_SDTX @EDVAnews @FBI .
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.@TheJusticeDept prosecutors and @FBI will work with @GP_Ukraine to strengthen Ukraine’s capabilities to investigate, prosecute, & trace looted, stolen, & trafficked cultural property from Ukraine and to prosecute those responsible.
During the full-scale invasion, Russia destroyed or damaged 1147 cultural sites in Ukraine. The terrorist state not only destroys historical heritage but also seeks to erase our national identity. Spoke about this at the #UNGA79 Side-Event “Cultural Identity and Heritage in Armed
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Five Country Statement on the Temporary Derogation to the ePrivacy Directive to Combat Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse .@pritipatel @PeterDutton_MP @jantinetti @BillBlair
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Since the 1979 inception of @TheJusticeDept’s program to detect, investigate, and remove Nazi persecutors, it has won cases against 109 individuals. ICYMI
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.@TheJusticeDept’s Task Force #KleptoCapture Director Andrew Adams testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at hearing titled, "KleptoCapture: Aiding Ukraine through Forfeiture of Russian Oligarchs’ Illicit Assets." Read testimony:
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.@TheJusticeDept’s Office of International Affairs helped secure the extradition from Bolivia of Davila-Perez.
Maximiliano Davila-Perez, former head of Bolivian anti-narcotics agency, extradited to the United States from Bolivia on cocaine importation and firearms charges.
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We thank Paraguay's Public Ministry’s Attorney General’s Office & the National Anti-Drug Secretariat on this successful extradition with the assistance of @TheJusticeDept's Office of International Affairs. @SDNYnews @DEAHQ @HSI_HQ.
La extradición de Kassem Mohamad Hijazi representa un golpe fuerte al crimen transnacional en Paraguay y la triple frontera. Agradecemos al gobierno de #Paraguay, específicamente la colaboracion del @MinPublicoPy y la @senad_paraguay, en este caso.
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#OPDAT Kosovo continues to strengthen Kosovo’s war crimes prosecutions.
.@USEmbpristina and @StateDept_GCJ met w/ the SPRK office in demonstration of our commitment to the success of domestic war crimes prosecutions. Ambassador Tan commended the SPRK for its work of investigating and prosecuting conflict-related cases at the national level in Kosovo.
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.@TheJusticeDept’s Office of International Affairs provided significant assistance in securing the arrest and extradition from Mexico of a Mexican citizen wanted in Sacramento County for multiple counts of sexual assault of a minor.
A man previously deported in 2009, who currently resides in L.A., was charged with nine counts alleging the transfer of false identity documents, misuse of Social Security numbers, and being a previously deported alien found in the U.S. More info:
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Since 1990, @TheJusticeDept has won 100+ cases against participants in WWII-era Nazi crimes found in the US. #HRSP and its partners are still pursuing justice on behalf of the victims of wartime Nazi and postwar human rights violations. #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay.
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.@FBI hosted @PoliceMv and @TheJusticeDept’s #ICITAP to learn more about @FBI’s International Operations Division, Counterterrorism Division and Global Initiatives.
.@TheJusticeDept's #ICITAP funded study tour for a delegation of executives from @PoliceMv to strengthen their relationships with U.S. law enforcement agencies and to share lessons learned regarding strategies to better investigate serious crime.
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DAAG Robert Zink spoke today @GIRalerts virtual conference on the Fraud Section’s corporate criminal resolutions including cases involving U.S. and foreign enforcement authorities.
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.@TheJusticeDept Supports Counternarcotics Mission. @DOJCrimDiv DAAG Jennifer Hodge said, “Today is a powerful illustration of our collective effort to combat transnational criminal organizations and protect the health and safety of communities across our country.”
Watch the @USCGSoutheast @TheJusticeDept @DHSgov @StateINL and @ONDCP press event @PortEverglades live streamed on Facebook @USCGSoutheast at 10:20 a.m. EST.
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.@DOJCrimDiv met with Chief Special Prosecutor of Albania’s Special Anti-Corruption Structure @SPAK_Albania & the Director of 🇦🇱 National Bureau of Investigation to discuss support to counter organized crime and public corruption in partnership with #ICITAP #OPDAT & #DOJOIA
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Una delegación de fiscales del @MinPublicoPy de #Paraguay se reunió con el Vice Fiscal General Adjunto Bruce Swartz de @TheJusticeDept para abordar los desafíos y éxitos en la lucha bilateral contra el crimen organizado transnacional y el financiamiento ilícito en el Cono Sur.
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.@TheJusticeDept’s Judicial Studies Institute, with @StateINL support, welcomed US Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor as she shared best practices with 22 Latin American judges on judicial independence, ethics & the role of the judge in the Accusatory System.
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.@TheJusticeDept was part of the U.S. delegation meeting with Ecuadorian senior officials in Quito and Guayaquil last week and expressed its commitment to ongoing support and cooperation in Ecuador’s fight against transnational organized crime.
Over the past few weeks, we have been coordinating U.S. Government support for the people of Ecuador in the wake of increased violence. More here:
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On #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate the collective successes of women taking increased roles in the justice sector as judges, prosecutors, investigators & as leaders of civil society organizations.
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.@TheJusticeDept’s Office of International Affairs & @FBI provided substantial assistance in securing the arrest & yesterday’s extradition from 🇱🇻 to 🇺🇸 of an international fraudster wanted by @SDNYnews. Thank you @Valsts_Policija & @prokuratura_LV.
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.@TheJusticeDept Office of International Affairs @SecretService @FinCEN_nUSA provided investigative assistance in this coordinated enforcement action.
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Paraguayan, Peruvian, Argentinian, Uruguayan & Brazilian prosecutors & law enforcement are learning from #ICHIP, @USAttorneys, @FBI, @CBP & @USPTO subject-matter experts at this week’s @StateINL-sponsored #ICHIP Counterfeit Agricultural investigations trainings in Asuncion, 🇵🇾.
#Cooperación La Fiscal Gral Sandra Quiñonez, dio apertura al “Taller s/Medidas c/el Comercio de Agroquímicos Ilícitos”, con la USPTO, Oficina de Marcas y Patentes de EEUU y OPDAT, Oficina Internacional de Desarrollo, Asistencia Técnica y Capacitación #EEUU #OPDAT @TheJusticeDept
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Israeli national pleads guilty to bail jumping after fleeing US to avoid 2009 sentence hearing for conspiracy to engage in unlicensed wholesale distribution of prescription drugs..@USMarshalsHQ.
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Jumbotron hacker and prolific child molester residing in FL fled to the Philippines and after failing to report his travel, was subsequently deported from the Philippines and arrested by the FBI upon arrival in the United States.
Jumbotron hacker/prolific child molester gets 220 yrs in federal prison. #PSCMDFL @FBIJacksonville @USMarshalsHQ @ATF_Tampa @TeamSJSO .
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On #HolocaustRemembranceDay, we honor the victims and survivors. @TheJusticeDept is dedicated to pursuing justice on behalf of the victims of wartime Nazi and postwar human rights violations. #WeWillNeverForget.
On #HolocaustRemembranceDay, we honor innocent Jewish and other lives lost. We honor, too, Holocaust survivors; those who saw true evil, and whose lives were unalterably shaped by it. We must always speak up against antisemitism and hate against any and all groups.
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.@DOJCrimDiv #OPDAT #CCIPS International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (ICHIP) attorney advisors around the world encouraged rights holders to assist in investigations and prosecutions of IP theft, which is not a victimless crime and can facilitate heinous crimes.
This week @DOJCrimDiv #OPDAT and #CCIPS hosted virtual ICHIP Industry Forum. ICHIPs around the globe discussed capacity building efforts in their regions with rights holders and previewed some of their initiatives for the coming year. Learn more: @StateINL
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.@TheJusticeDept’s #WarCAT #OPDAT @DOJEnvironment & @ATJDOJ met @GP_Ukraine @AndriyKostinUa to further 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 cooperation investigating & prosecuting war crimes, human & drug trafficking, corruption, environmental crimes & cybercrime while increasing capacity building efforts.
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Today, @USDOJ_Intl DAAG Bruce Swartz welcomed Albanian Minster of Justice Etilda Gjonaj @GjonajEtilda to Washington, DC, to discuss the progress of and next steps in the U.S.-supported justice reform in Albania. @AlEmbassyUSA @USEmbassyTirana @StateINL #OPDAT
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.@TheJusticeDept’s Office of International Affairs and @USMarshalsHQ assisted in securing the arrest and extradition to Ecuador of dual Ecuadorian and U.S citizen wanted for sexual abuse.
📄#ExtradiciónCNJ | Gobierno de Estados Unidos 🇺🇸 concedió la extradición del ciudadano ecuatoriano Jorge E. C. R., por solicitud de la Presidencia de la @CorteNacional de Justicia. #TransparenciaJudicialCNJ
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.@TheJusticeDept’s Office of International Affairs provided significant assistance in securing the arrest and extradition from Guatemala to the United States of a leader of Los Pochos drug trafficking organization.
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.@TheJusticeDept’s #OPDAT co-hosted 8 of 🇧🇩 best criminal appellate advocates @LSULawCenter this week to improve their capacity to handle appeals in terrorism cases, including one-on-one coaching from LSU’s professors. Thanks to @StateDeptCT for supporting! @usembassydhaka
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Fugitives apprehended in Puerto Rico were part of a drug trafficking organization that operates in West Virginia with alleged ties to the Sinaloa drug cartel.
West Virginia Fugitives Apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Puerto Rico. #USMarshals #BeTheDifference .
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DOJ’s Office of International Affairs worked with Trinidad and Tobago authorities to secure the arrest and extradition of a dual citizen to face crimes committed against children including rape, sexual assault & child pornography.
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Delegation of Paraguayan line prosecutors from @MinPublicoPy met with @TheJusticeDept’s DAAG Swartz to discuss challenges and successes in the bilateral fight against transnational organized crime and illicit finance in the Southern Cone.
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Readout of Justice Department Officials' Trip to Ghana and Togo to Advance West Africa Consumer Fraud Initiative @USEmbassyGhana @USEmbassyLome @FBI @eocoghana @GhPoliceService @Immigrationgh1 @ospghana @GhanaRevenue @Attorneyghana
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United States Enters into Agreement with Nigeria to Repatriate Over $23 Million in Assets Stolen by Former Nigerian Dictator General Sani Abacha .@DOJCrimDiv's #MLARS #DOJOfficeofInternationalAffairs @FBIWFO @NCA_UK @USinNigeria @FedMinOfJustice.
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.@DOJCrimDiv’s Office of International Affairs & Human Rights & Special Prosecutions Section welcomed Republic of Rwanda Minister of Justice Dr. @eugirashebuja1 & @AmbMukantabana to discuss strengthening cooperation in criminal matters.
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In deporting a former guard in the Nazis’ notorious Neuengamme concentration camp system to his native Germany today, @TheJusticeDept and @ICEgov demonstrate again that the United States will not permit participants in human rights abuses to find safe haven in the United States.
Today, @TheJusticeDept and @ICEgov removed a WWII Nazi Concentration Camp Guard to Germany becoming the 70th Nazi Persecutor Removed from the United States.
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Croatian justice sector officials visited Washington DC, joining forces with @DOJCrimDiv, @FBI & @USTreasury to tackle complex financial crimes, money laundering, and international corruption. We're determined to uphold justice and safeguard the rule of law together.
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#ICITAP hits 35-year milestone and continues growing its law enforcement capacity-building missions around the globe. Learn more ↓.
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.@TheJusticeDept's Judicial Studies Institute, with @StateINL support, welcomed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor & celebrated 10-year anniversary by addressing 24 judges from 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇸🇻 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 on the Role of the Judge in the Accusatory System. See:
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.@DOJCrimDiv welcomed Danish Minister of Justice @PHummelgaard to DOJ to discuss the importance of countering international drug & fentanyl trafficking, as well as transnational organized crime. We look forward to a strong, continued 🇺🇸 🇩🇰 law enforcement relationship.
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DOJ’s Office of International Affairs and Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section’s Judicial Attaché’s Office in Bogota worked with Colombian authorities to secure the arrest & extradition of a NJ man wanted by @HCPOProsecutor in connection with the 2023 death of a 33-year-old woman.
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.@TheJusticeDept’s #OPDAT #CCIPS @StateINL-funded #ICHIPS Celebrate #WorldIPDay with outreach events around the world to raise awareness on IP crime and risks of counterfeit pharmaceuticals. Learn more:
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This week, @TheJusticeDept’s #OPDAT @StateINL funded ICHIPs & @FBI provided advanced training & exchanged experiences at @ILEASanSalvador with investigators & prosecutors from 🇸🇻🇲🇽🇨🇷🇩🇴🇵🇦🇨🇴🇵🇪 in the fight against #cybercrime & illicit use of #cryptocurrency.
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.@TheJusticeDept’s #OPDAT @StateCT se reunió esta semana en Puerto Iguazú para fortalecer esfuerzos en el combate de #TBML en la Triple Frontera a través de la colaboración regional y expertise técnico. 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇵🇾 🇺🇸
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Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz met with Albanian Chief Special Prosecutor Altin Dumani - congratulating him on his @StateDept’s Anti-Corruption Champions Award & reinforcing partnership & support of SPAK’s fight against corruption & organized crime. #OPDAT #ICITAP
.@SecBlinken delivers remarks at the Anti-Corruption Champions Awards Ceremony at the State Department.
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.@TheJusticeDept’s @StateCT auspició 1er diálogo regional en triple frontera con líderes de 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇵🇾 & 🇺🇸 para combatir tráfico de personas y su relación con crimen organizado y terrorismo internacional. Conversaron sobre colaboración transfronteriza y buenas prácticas.
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.@TheJusticeDept's International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program #ICITAP commemorates its 36th anniversary by reaffirming its commitment to deliver impactful criminal justice, capacity building solutions across the globe. Learn more at
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.@TheJusticeDept’s Office of International Affairs provided substantial assistance in securing the extradition from Israel of an alleged child predator wanted in Brooklyn. @USMarshalsHQ .
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.@DOJCrimDiv AAG Polite had a productive meeting with @Europol Executive Director Bolle & @EC3Europol to express 🇺🇸 support for work being done to combat cybercrime. Next stop was meeting U.S. law enforcement assigned @Europol & discussing enforcement actions of Europol’s J-CAT.
Following a meeting in DC in May, Executive Director De Bolle welcomed 🇺🇸 @DOJCrimDiv Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite to Europol, where he was briefed by @EC3Europol on ransomware. 🇪🇺🇺🇸 We work closely with US judicial authorities in the fight against organised crime.
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On International Anticorruption Day, @TheJusticeDept’s Kleptocracy Initiative celebrates the return of over $1.5 billion in corruption proceeds in 10+ years with help from US and foreign law enforcement partners. Successes at:
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Two $1 Million Rewards for Information Leading to the Arrests and/or Convictions of 2 Kenyan Nationals Wanted by @SDNYnews @DEAHQ & @USFWS for Wildlife Trafficking Crimes and Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin. Press Release:.
WANTED: Kenyan wildlife and narcotics traffickers. Information regarding their crimes should be reported to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the Drug Enforcement Administration 🚨🐘🚨
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.@FBI joint operation with @Guardiacivil @Europol & @Eurojust results in enforcement actions to disrupt online presence of terrorist content. @DOJNatSec @USAO_SDFL .
🚨 Major takedown of critical online infrastructure to disrupt terrorist communications & propaganda. 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇺🇸 🇮🇸 . The large-scale operation took down servers that supported communication channels linked to the Islamic State. 🔗
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Joint Statement of @TheJusticeDept and @ukhomeoffice on a Multilateral Meeting to Address State-Sponsored High-Harm Physical Threats and Other Forms of Transnational Repression
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.@FBI @ICEgov HSI and @SecretService collaboration with international law enforcement partners results in arrest of 8 criminals in series of sim swapping attacks targeting internet influencers, sports stars and musicians in the United States.
8⃣ arrests for sim-swapping that targeted celebrities in the USA. The suspects are believed to have stolen over $100m in cryptocurrencies by gaining access to and taking control of apps and changing passwords.
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Through the Criminal Division’s International Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (ICHIP) program, #CCIPS and #OPDAT continue working to provide IP enforcement training and technical assistance in other countries. Learn more:
Digital piracy isn't a victimless crime. In late 2020, Brazilian law enforcement authorities launched Operation 404, with support from U.S. int'l agencies. 300+ illicit websites & mobile apps were seized! INL’s cyber/IPR advisor mentored the successful law enforcement involved.
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.@TheJusticeDept's #HRSP War Crimes Accountability Team & #OfficeofInternationalAffairs met with German Deputy Prosecutor General & Federal Prosecutor to further cooperation on the investigation & prosecution of atrocity crimes committed in 🇺🇦 after Russian invasion.
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On #InternationalWomensDay Calling for an End to Violence against Women and Girls, @TheJusticeDept’s #OPDAT reaffirms its commitment to combatting gender-based violence around the globe. Learn more: #ENDviolence!.
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