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Operation Community Shield (2005–present)
Operation Community Shield is an ongoing multi-agency law enforcement initiative targeting violent gang members and their associates involved in the illegal drug and human trafficking industries in the United States. Since its launch by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in February 2005, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and other participating federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have made more than 40,000 gang-related arrests, including 451 gang leaders, representing more than 2,400 different gangs and organizations, and have seized more than 8,000 guns in multiple projects. National Gang Unit HSI's National Gang Unit (NGU) is a critical part of ICE's mission to bring the fight to transnational criminal gangs. The NGU identifies and develops intelligence on gang membership, associations, activities and international movements. It also deters, disrupts gang operations by tracing and seizing cash, weapons and other assets derived from illicit activ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Of America
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five major island territories and various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's third-largest land area and third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three largest metropolitan areas are New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, and its three most populous states are California, Texas, and Florida. Paleo-Indians migrated from North Asia to North America over 12,000 years ago, and formed various civilizations. Spanish colonization led to the establishment in 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project Wildfire
Project Wildfire was a nationwide, multi-agency investigation of various transnational criminal gangs in 2015 that resulted in the arrests of 976 individuals, representing 239 different organizations, in 282 cities in the United States mainland and Puerto Rico. Eighty-two firearms, 5.2 kilograms of methamphetamine, 7.8 kilograms of marijuana, 5.6 kilograms of cocaine, 1.5 kilograms of heroin, US$379,399, counterfeit merchandise with a suggested retail price of US$547,534 and five vehicles were also seized. As part of the ongoing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) effort known as Operation Community Shield, Project Wildfire began on February 23, 2015, and concluded on March 31, with most arrests involving members and those affiliated with the Crips, Bloods, and Sureños along with a few Puerto Rican gangs and several prison-based gangs. Arrests were made all around the country, with the greatest activity taking place in Texas, Detroit, Los An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In The United States
Events from the year 2005 in the United States. Incumbents Federal government * President of the United States, President: George W. Bush (Republican Party (United States), R-Texas) * Vice President of the United States, Vice President: Dick Cheney (R-Wyoming) * Chief Justice of the United States, Chief Justice: ::William Rehnquist (Virginia) (until September 3) ::John Roberts (Maryland) (starting September 29) * Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the House of Representatives: Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) * Senate Majority Leader: Bill Frist (R-Tennessee) * United States Congress, Congress: 108th United States Congress, 108th (until January 3), 109th United States Congress, 109th (starting January 3) Events January * January 1 – President George W. Bush delivers a radio address on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Indian Ocean tsunami Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, relief efforts. * January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
