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SSA, Todd Petrie

SSA, Todd Petrie. The AMLA. Presentation: 3/18/2009. To defend the Nation by enforcing trade and immigration laws through investigations that target the people, money, and materials that support terrorists and other criminal activities. Office of Investigations Mission Statement.

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SSA, Todd Petrie

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  1. SSA, Todd Petrie The AMLA Presentation: 3/18/2009

  2. To defend the Nation by enforcing trade and immigration laws through investigations that target the people, money, and materials that support terrorists and other criminal activities. Office of InvestigationsMission Statement

  3. OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONSOVERVIEW

  4. ICE’s INVESTIGATIVE STRATEGY The case studies demonstrate how ICE focuses its investigative resources both Domestically and Internationally to: • Apply its broad jurisdictional authorities and utilize available investigative tools such as BSA • Identify methods and systemic vulnerabilities exploited by terrorist and other criminal organizations to earn, move and store their illicit proceeds • Eliminate these vulnerabilities in partnership with the private sector through its CORNERSTONEinitiative

  5. In an average year ICE Special Agents • Initiate 60,000 new investigations • Make over 25,000 criminal arrests • Seize $100 million in currency and monetary instruments • Investigate currency seizures by CBP of approximately $131 million • Seize nearly 620,000 pounds of narcotics and other dangerous drugs • Seize $83 million of contraband and other illegal merchandise • Respond to 620,000 inquiries and calls for assistance from other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies through ICE’s Law Enforcement Support Center

  6. On an average day, ICE Special Agents • Participate in 21 drug seizures resulting in the seizure of 2,796 pounds of marijuana, 755 pounds of cocaine, and 9 pounds of heroin • Make 11 currency seizures, totaling $650,000 • Make grand jury appearances resulting in the indictment of a combination of 40 people and companies • Disseminate 35 criminal investigative leads to field office • Make 281 administrative arrests on immigration-related violations • Make 27 criminal arrests on immigration-related violations • Make 36 arrests on customs violations

  7. 156 domestic ICE offices including 26 SAC Offices

  8. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 50 OFFICES IN 39 COUNTRIES

  9. ICE - Office of Investigations The Office of Investigations has a wide range of investigative authorities and responsibilities to include: Financial Crimes / Bulk Cash Smuggling/MSBs Narcotics Smuggling / Trafficking Commercial Trade and Fraud Alien Smuggling / Human Trafficking Anti-Gang Enforcement Weapons Smuggling Export Enforcement Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cyber Crimes Immigration Document / Benefit Fraud Human Rights Violations Worksite Enforcement / Critical Infrastructure Protection

  10. ~ CORNERSTONE ~ “Partnership In Action” CORNERSTONE: PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP

  11. Cornerstone leverages ICE’s traditional investigative authorities to identify methods and systemic vulnerabilities exploited by terrorists and other criminal organizations to EARN, MOVE, and STORE assets and, in partnership with the private sector, to help close down these identified vulnerabilities

  12. ICE has over 100 dedicated Cornerstone Special Agents that are assigned to ICE’s 26 field offices as liaisons to the private sector. • Cornerstone liaisons share trends and “red flag” indicators of criminal activity with the private sector through outreach efforts. • Cornerstone liaisons continuously develop contacts and partnerships within the private sector. To date, ICE has conducted over 4,000 Cornerstone outreach and training presentations to nearly 77,000 participants, worldwide. • ICE has initiated 272 investigations as a result of Cornerstone outreaches with 203 arrests, 149 convictions, and 245 seizures.

  13. Cornerstone HQ staff publishes a quarterly newsletter titled The Cornerstone Report, which provides useful information on financial crimes and current trends identified by both law enforcement and the private sector. Additional information on Cornerstone, including The Cornerstone Report, is available on the web at www.ice.gov/cornerstone The Cornerstone Report

  14. Bank Secrecy Act Reports • Suspicious Activity Report (SAR): Filed by financial institutions on suspicious financial activity • Currency Transaction Report (CTR): Cash deposits over $10,000 • Report of International Transportation of Currency and Monetary Instruments (CMIR): Filed by persons departing or entering U.S. or shipping/receiving currency or monetary instruments over $10,000 • Form 8300: Cash over $10,000 received in a trade or business • Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR): U.S. person with financial interest/signatory interest in foreign bank account

  15. Bank Secrecy Act Reports • ICE utilizes data from BSA reports such as SARs, CTRs, and CMIRs as a critical tool to support its money laundering, bulk cash smuggling and other financial investigations. • BSA data is used not only to initiate investigations but as support to ongoing investigations. • BSA data aids in the identification of suspects, accounts, and criminal activities.

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