The U.S. Department of Justice announced it had charged nearly 30 alleged Tren De Aragua (TdA) gang members with racketeering, sex trafficking, drug trafficking, robbery and firearms offenses. In... Read More »
U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) introduced legislation that will make drone surveillance of national defense sites illegal. The Drone Espionage Act will update the Espionage Act of 1917 and make videography of sensitive national defense sites a crime punishable with a fine, 10 years in prison or... Read More »
Over the course of an online child exploitation public awareness campaign, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it has coordinated an effort to address the problem. The Know2Protect campaign, housed within the DHS Cyber Crimes Center, has reached millions through traditional and... Read More »
Member states of the World Health Organization recently forged a draft agreement to help make the world safer from pandemics. The proposal, which will be considered at the upcoming World Health Assembly in May, aims to strengthen global collaboration on prevention, preparedness and response to... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice said a Panamanian doctor has pleaded guilty to a widespread fraud scheme involving the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Officials said Dr. Rolando Chin, a surgeon in Panama, was one of several people involved in submitting false and inflated claims to the... Read More »
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeted criminal illegal alien offenders and other immigration violators in western, central, and northern New York and apprehended 133 illegal aliens between March 24 and March 28. During the operation, four criminal search warrants were served... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on April 11 it has taken steps to move forward with a program to prevent China, Russia, Iran and other foreign adversaries from accessing and exploiting American citizens’ personal data. The Data Security Program implemented by the National Security... Read More »
A number of projects across the state of New York will lose funding as a result of the Trump administration’s cuts to the Building Resilient Infrastructures and Communities program, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said. As part of the cuts to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, more than... Read More »
A bipartisan coalition of 40 state and territory attorneys general recently sent a letter Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. urging the next operator of the National Human Trafficking Hotline to better cooperate with … Read More
The House Homeland Security Committee recently advanced legislation that addresses transnational repression. The Law Enforcement Support and Counter Transnational Repression Accountability Act would instructs the Department of Homeland Security to create a public service announcement campaign to educate the public … Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New York District and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) recently entered into a 10-year agreement to revitalize and modernize the USMMA campus in Kings Point, N.Y. The USMMA academy on Long Island … Read More
Smiths Detection, a threat detection and security screening technologies company, recently announced it will supply SDX 6040 X-ray inspection systems to several major cruise lines. “At Smiths Detection, we serve customers in a wide range of market sectors, with a … Read More
Combined Resolve, a U.S. Army Europe-Africa exercise designed to prepare a multinational brigade combat team in support of NATO deterrence operations, was held in February at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) worked … Read More
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will begin enforcement of its REAL ID enforcement measures at TSA checkpoints nationwide on May 7. On that date, the TSA will no longer accept state-issued identifications that are not REAL ID compliant from airline … Read More
Bipartisan legislation recently reintroduced in the U.S. Senate would help protect law enforcement from ambush-style attacks. Law enforcement agencies reported more than 79,000 police officers were assaulted in 2023, and 60 were killed. The Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and … Read More
UK-based NCC Group, an IT company assessing and managing cyber threats, recently released the third edition of its Global Cyber Policy Radar report on cyber security regulation trends. In 2024, the industrial sector experienced 1,424 ransomware attacks, up from 2023, … Read More
