The Canadian government said a ship carrying 490 migrants that arrived in B.C. Friday is part of an international human smuggling ring, and that more ships will be on the way soon unless the country takes a hard stance.
The MV Sun Sea arrived at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt Esquimalt near Victoria, just after dawn morning [...]
Media-Newswire.com) – MIAMI – On Monday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) Homeland Security Investigations ( HSI ) special agents in Miami arrested Loreto Norales Herrera, 33, Vidal Castillo Marin, 44, Pedro Francisco Perez Lobo, 43, Jose Arnulfo Euseda, 32, and Fredy Ricardo Romero, 43, all of Honduras, on [...]
Apparently this article was written by someone who doesn’t read the news. As if writing this article has just exposed a little know method of sneaking into the country. Maybe the US should have some sort of program to intercept these illegals from trying to get into the US via the ocean. Hmmm. Anyway. From the AP:
SAN [...]
One of my personal favorite sites is The Heritage Foundation. They have written many interesting articles about the USCG. This one is no exception. There are a lot of valid points made which I feel have strong weight and value. The article was written by Jena Baker McNeill:
Is the small-boat threat to America’s homeland credible [...]
From the Courthouse News Service:
WASHINGTON (CN) – Maritime security experts told a think tank on Monday that securing the global supply chain to prevent terrorist attacks was one of the nation’s top security priorities.
“Today is Sept 10, 2001,” said Michael Barrett, former White House Homeland Security Council and lead intelligence officer for the Secretary of [...]
San Juan, PR.– Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) federal authorities arrested two subjects of the Dominican Republic Monday after they were caught dropping off nine Cuban aliens in Mona Island last night.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office accepted to prosecute the cases of the two Dominican men for charges of smuggling aliens and for attempting to enter [...]
A U.S. man returning from Mexican waters in his boat was arrested Sunday after federal officers found 144 pounds of methamphetamine and 10 pounds of cocaineonboard on Sunday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in a marine interdiction unit stopped the ‘94 the Bayliner while patrolling around 12:30 p.m., a CBP officer said.
Officers from the unit boarded [...]
Border patrol and law enforcement officers are hunting for a group of stowaways who arrived Monday morning on a container ship from Honduras at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale.
Officials set up a perimeter around the ship, the Elb Carrier, owned by Crowley Marine Services.
Agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection along with Broward sheriff’s deputies [...]
SAN DIEGO – The Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team (PACTACLET) was presented with the United States Interdiction Coordinator (USIC) Award for superior performance in the surface interdiction of illicit drugs during the 2009 fiscal year on August 19, 2010 at the U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
actical Law Enforcement Teams provide specialized Law Enforcement [...]
BZ to the Boarding Team on their bust! You can check out video here.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) — A Coast Guard vessel has returned to port with millions of dollars worth of seized cocaine on board.
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma, along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officials [...]
STUART, Fla. — A Treasure Coast doctor has been found guilty of violating navigational rules in a boating accident that caused a man to lose his legs.
Shortly after noon Wednesday, a Martin County judge dealt a guilty verdict to Roger Nicosia.
During Nicosia’s testimony, the emergency room doctor used toy boats to demonstrate his account of [...]
By BEN LANDO of Iraq Oil Report
Published August 11, 2010
At about 4am on Aug. 8, in the dark waters of the Gulf near Iraq’s primary oil-export terminal, a small pirate vessel accosted an American cargo ship. Two men wielding AK-47s boarded the Sagamore, held the crew at gunpoint, and robbed them of money, cell phones, and computers.
It was [...]
So i’m sure this article will open up some varying opinions in the future, but for now…i’m dumbfounded. Naturally, there must be more to this story than was released to the public, but from what I can tell, the US Courts have been rendered a joke once again. Check out this article and tell me [...]
Not since Lt. Robert Maynard of the Royal Navy sailed back triumphantly to nearby Hampton Roads in 1718 with the severed head of Blackbeard swinging from his bowsprit has this Navy town been so embroiled in the fight against piracy.
For the first time since the Civil War, accused pirates will be put on trial this [...]
BASRA, Iraq, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Gunmen robbed the crews of four ships anchored off Iraq’s southern oil hub Basra last week in Iraqi regional waters patrolled by the U.S. Navy, a Navy official said on Sunday.
The attackers targeted the Antigua-flagged Arminia, North Korea’s Crystal Wave, Syria’s Sana Star and the American ship Sagamore last [...]
Heidi Slowssar crouched on her hands and knees Sunday evening deflating a large floating device near Marysville’s Chrysler Beach. The 35-year-old had just spent the past six hours or so floating from Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron to that point and “had a blast.”
“People were afraid to do it,” she said, [...]
When immigration authorities noticed an increase in the number of people and drugs landing on San Diego County beaches on small boats about three years ago, they began to develop a task force that included everyone from the U.S. Coast Guard to local police to combat the surge.
From 2007 to 2010, the number of illegal [...]
Officials are now calling this a terrorist attack by an al Qaeda affiliated group. Investigators believe those responsible used a small boat to pull alongside unnoticed before detonating improvised explosives on board.
Investigators in the United Arab Emirates said Friday that a terrorist attack caused the mysterious damage a Japanese oil tanker suffered last week [...]
The U.S. Coast Guard returned 28 Cuban migrants to Cuba Friday, after intercepting two rustic boats headed for Florida earlier in the week. On Tuesday, a Coast Guard aircraft spotted a boat carrying seven migrants near Elboy Cay, Bahamas. Coast Guard Cutter Nantucket picked up the boat’s occupants. On Wednesday, a boat carrying 23 Cuban [...]
While we may have dozens and dozens of assets patrolling the waters in the Gulf searching for traces of oil from the deepwater horizon, maybe we should add floating narcotics to the “watch” list. From the Chron website:
At least a dozen times in the last year, small fortunes in illegal narcotics washed up on Texas [...]
