DHS launches New York transnational crime task force
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Homeland Security Investigations New York announced the Homeland Security Task Force New York on Dec. 10, 2025, a first-of-its-kind interagency unit to target transnational organized crime using a unified, whole-of-government framework. HSI SAC Ricky J. Patel, FBI NY ADIC Christopher G. Raia, and U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said the task force will pursue crimes from homicide and human trafficking to money laundering and weapons/drug trafficking, leveraging new authorities following foreign terrorist organization designations of violent cartels and gangs.
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