
CBP Uncovers Record $1 Billion in Duty Evasion, 300% Above Annual Average
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it has uncovered more than $1 billion in evaded duties under the Enforce and Protect Act, a first in the program's 10-year history.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it has uncovered more than $1 billion in evaded duties under the Enforce and Protect Act, a first in the program's 10-year history.

Gregory M. Gilmore, a 30-year federal prosecutor, was sworn in as the 33rd U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield.

Richard Cunningham, 55, admitted to defrauding private lenders of $12.1 million using fabricated veterans housing documents and forged HUD vouchers.
The Justice Department will award nearly $300 million to two to four cities that propose comprehensive strategies to reduce violent crime.

Former FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Royer pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a forex scheme, agreeing to pay $576,818.83 in restitution to defrauded investors.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it has uncovered more than $1 billion in evaded duties under the Enforce and Protect Act, a first in the program's 10-year history.

San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents arrested four illegal immigrants after a panga-style vessel landed near Scripps Pier in La Jolla.

ICE Boston arrested Rocael Ordonez-Cruz, 23, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala charged with rape and other sex crimes in Arlington, Massachusetts.

ICE deported Agustin Morales-Renteria and Juan Becerra Ruiz, both 24, to Mexico where they face homicide charges after years in the U.S.

Temporary Protected Status for Syrians expired this week, raising concerns about religious minorities under Syria's post-Assad transitional government.

Federal officers found 366 packages of cocaine weighing 1,002 pounds hidden in a flatbed trailer's floorboards at the Calexico Port of Entry.

Daniel Hammond, 44, sentenced to 11 years for distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl for a drug network tied to the Aryan Family and Omerta prison gangs.

Erik Ventura-Castro, 24, of Hialeah, Fla., sentenced to 30 months for smuggling thousands of Cuban nationals using fraudulent visa waivers and fake asylum claims.
SEC alleges RAD Diversified REIT founders defrauded 5,500 investors of $152 million, misappropriating nearly $5 million for luxury goods and private jets.

Israeli cabinet greenlights deployment of up to 200 International Stabilization Force troops into Gaza as Hamas retains control of 40% of the territory.

Zelenskyy says Russian satellites surveilled four U.S.-linked air bases in the Gulf, with imagery passed to Iran for strike planning.

The trilateral U.S.-Israel-Lebanon framework signed June 26 conditions Israeli withdrawal on verified Hezbollah disarmament, but the group rejects the deal outright.

Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa International Airport to prevent a Houthi delegation from flying to slain Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's funeral, triggering retaliatory missile fire.

Gunmen killed 30 Christians, including eight children, in Naridon village in Nigeria's Kaduna state as local leaders plead for international intervention.

A drone strike hit Arsema Monastery in Ethiopia's Amhara Region during worship, killing two nuns and six priests amid ongoing conflict.

India's Maharashtra state ordered a three-month audit of all church and Christian organization land holdings, alarming Christian communities facing rising pressure.

Iranian authorities are confiscating St. Peter's Evangelical Church in Tehran, evicting 20 Armenian and Assyrian families from the 10-acre compound.

Cleveland Clinic will pay $308,000 and commit $2 million for detransition care under a DOJ resolution ending sex-rejecting procedures on minors.

A federal jury convicted Hadi Matar, 28, of terrorism offenses for his 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution in New York.

CENTCOM and Saudi forces hit militia logistics sites in Iraq after over 30 IRGC-directed drone attacks in 72 hours killed PMF fighters.

Lebanese security forces discovered rifles, RPG rounds, detonators, and maps in a Beirut apartment after responding to a family dispute shooting.

German prosecutors say Abdul Rahman Ballout recorded an Islamic State pledge before driving a van into Berlin Pride crowds, killing one and injuring 29.

HR 1329 to establish a Smithsonian women's history museum failed 204-216 after a biological-women amendment split both parties.

CBP appoints Rosario "Pete" Vasquez, a 26-year Border Patrol veteran and former Blaine Sector chief, to lead nearly 20,000 agents nationwide.
A federal grand jury indicted Erlin Jovany Gamez Maldonado, 29, for illegally possessing an AM-15 rifle while unlawfully present in the U.S.
Victor Suazo Reynoso, 69, pleaded guilty to stealing a U.S. citizen's identity to collect more than $18,000 in SNAP benefits while unlawfully residing in Boston.

U.S. Border Patrol arrested 52 illegal aliens in Yuma, Ariz., including 36 driving semi-trucks with licenses obtained under the Biden administration.
Muqtada al Sadr announced the dissolution of Saraya al Salam, pressing Iran-backed militias to surrender weapons to the Iraqi state.
Isaiah Poole of Suitland, Md., sentenced to 25 years for sextorting at least six girls aged 9-14 through Snapchat; a second Maryland man pleads guilty in separate case.
Denis Bouchard, 70, a Canadian who never became a U.S. citizen, was sentenced to two months in federal prison for voting in nine elections since 2004.
Nicholas Matthew Scelfo, 27, faces federal charges after allegedly threatening to murder an ICE officer and his family during a demonstration in Newark.

HR 1329 to establish a Smithsonian women's history museum failed 204-216 after a biological-women amendment split both parties.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona filed immigration-related criminal charges against 331 individuals in a single week of enforcement.

U.S. and Iranian negotiators reportedly agree to extend the ceasefire by 60 days, but Iran fires a ballistic missile at Kuwait and launches drones near the Strait of Hormuz.
Schuyler Oppenheimer sentenced to 13 years for large-scale counterfeit pill manufacturing, importing fentanyl precursors from China, and PPP fraud.