press release
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus-based Bulk Cash Smuggling Task Force seized nearly $3 million in illicit proceeds in 2014 from criminal organizations, nearly a million dollars more than last year\’s totals.
In less than three years, the task force has seized close to $8 million in criminal proceeds.
In addition to this year\’s monetary seizures, the task force – led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement\’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) – arrested 119 people for violating U.S. federal and state currency smuggling laws, including transmitting money without a license, laundering money and traveling in aid of racketeering enterprises.
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