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The ICE Most Wanted is a
most wanted list
A most wanted list is a list of criminals and alleged criminals who are believed to be at large and are identified as a law enforcement agency's highest priority for capture. The list can alert the public to be watchful, and generates publicity ...
maintained by the
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Shortly after the formation of ICE, the list was originally unveiled as the ICE Most Wanted Criminal Aliens on May 14, 2003.
The list includes individuals accused of serious
transnational crime Transnational crimes are crimes that have actual or potential effect across national borders and crimes that are intrastate but offend fundamental values of the international community. The term is commonly used in the law enforcement and academic c ...
and being a threat to public safety.
Categories
The list includes the "most wanted" of four units of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement:
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Homeland Security Investigations
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission is to protect the United States from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration tha ...
– Those wanted for conducting criminal acts that threaten the
national security
National security, or national defence, is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government. Originally conceived as protection against military atta ...
of the United States
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Enforcement and Removal – Those wanted for serious criminal offenses who are destined to be
removed from the United States
* Human Trafficking – Those wanted for being involved in severe acts of
human trafficking
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extrac ...
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VOICE Office – Those wanted for committing crimes against the public in the United States who had an existing status to be removed
See also
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FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The list arose from a conversation held in late 1949 between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, and William Kin ...
External links
Official ICE Most Wanted Website
References
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Criminals by status
Law enforcement
Most wanted lists
United States immigration law