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Office of InvestigationsBuffalo, New York

SAC Peter J. Smith

ASAC Nicholas DiNicola

ASAC Thomas A. DiSimone

ASAC Lev J. Kubiak

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BackgroundThe Department of Homeland Security was created by President Bush on November 25, 2002.

Its creation was the most significant transformation of US government since 1947.

Homeland Security combined 22 existing Federal agencies and approximately 170,000 employees.

Legacy Customs and INS Special Agents combined into ICE as the primary investigative arm of Homeland Security.

On March 3, 2003, ICE began operating as a combined agency with approximately 6,000 Special Agents from US Customs, INS, Federal Protective Service (FPS).

Greatly expanded investigative authority.

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ICE ComponentsFederal Protective Service (FPS): Previously located withinthe GSA, protects federal property within the borders of theUnited States, employees working in federal facilities andpublic visitors to those facilities.

Detention and Removal (DRO) : Detention and Removal,which was previously located within INS, provides safe,secure, and humane confinement of persons detained;provides effective control of persons released into thecommunity during immigration proceedings or while awaitingremoval; and removes individuals, especially criminals andother threats to national security and public safety, who areunlawfully present in the United States.

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ICE ComponentsInvestigations (OI) : Conducts a broad-array of customs and immigration related investigations including those that involve national security, export control, terrorist financing, commercial fraud, critical infrastructure protection, human trafficking, contraband smuggling, identity and benefits fraud, worksite enforcement and human rights violations.

Intelligence: Collects, analyzes, exploits, and disseminates customs, immigration and FPS related intelligence in support of overall DHS, BTS, and ICE goals and priorities.

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Homeland Security Structure

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ICE Headquarters Structure

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ICE HQ STRUCTURE

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ICE INVESTIGATIONS STRUCTURE

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OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS

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SAC OPERATIONS

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Office of International Affairs

ICE has over 350 personnel located in over 50 Attaché offices in more than 40 countries

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Buffalo SAC Office

Area of Responsibility

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Buffalo SAC Area of Responsibility

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SAC BUFFALO STRUCTURE

Resident Agent in ChargeSyracuse/Alexandria Bay

RAC Edward Pollock

Resident Agent in ChargeRouses PointRAC Vacant

Acting RAC Joseph Miller

Resident Agent in ChargeAlbany

RAC John (Jack) C. McQuade

Resident Agent in ChargeMassena

RAC VACANT

Management Program Group Francine GaczewskiAdministrative Officer

ASAC Nicholas Dinicola

Group 1- Human SmugglingG/S Vacant

Acting G/S Kevin Ryan

Group 3- Fraud/CyberG/S Mark Tayler

Group 2- Worksite EnforcementG/S Edward McCabe

Group 4- National Security/JTTFG/S Mark LaMonte

ASAC Thomas Disimone

Group 1 - Narcotics/FinnancialG/S Vincent Salvatore

Group 3 - Criminal Alien/FraudG/S Peter F. Hoelter

Group 2 - Narcotics/FinnancialG/S Vacant

Acting G/S Matt Scarpino

ASAC Lev J. Kubiak

Special Agent in Charge Office, Buffalo, NYSAC Peter J. Smith

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SAC BuffaloCounties covered:

Alleghany Ontario

Cattaraugus Orleans

Chautauqua Schuyler

Chemung Seneca

Erie Steuben

Genesee Livingston

Wayne Monroe

Wyoming Niagara

Yates

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RAC SyracuseCounties covered:

Broome Tioga

Chenango Tompkins

Cortland Cayuga

Jefferson

Lewis

Madison

Oneida

Onondaga

Oswego

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RAC Massena

Counties covered:

Franklin (West portion)

St. Lawrence

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RAC Rouses Point

Counties covered:

Clinton

Essex

Franklin (East portion)

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RAC Albany

Counties covered:

Albany Hamilton Saratoga

Columbia Herkimer Schenectady

Delaware Montgomery Schoharie

Fulton Otsego Warren

Greene Rensselaer Washington

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ICE MISSION STATEMENT

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ICE Office of Investigations

The mission of the Office of Investigations is to focus on a broad array of national security, financial, and smuggling violations including illegal arms exports, financial crimes, commercial fraud, human trafficking, narcotics smuggling, child pornography/exploitation and immigration fraud.

Using their unique legal authorities, ICE Special Agents also conduct investigations aimed at protecting critical infrastructure industries that are vulnerable to sabotage, attack or exploitation.

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ICE MissionThe ICE mission is to protect the United States and its people by deterring, interdicting, and investigating threats arising from the movement of people and goods into and out of the United States; and by policing and securing federal government facilities across the nation.

In fulfilling this mission, we bring to bear the talent and commitment of an outstanding workforce, as well as a full range of legal authorities that have been entrusted to us.

Our vision is to be a preeminent law enforcement agency –one that provides unparalleled investigation, interdiction, and security services to the public and to our law enforcement partners.

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PRIORITIES

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Financial InvestigationsICE investigates financial crimes and helps the financial community identify and eliminate potential weaknesses in our nation’s financial infrastructure.

ICE draws on more than thirty years of expertise to expand its existing capabilities in an effort to better protect America ’s financial service systems from illegal money laundering, insurance schemes, bulk cash smuggling, and other financial crimes.

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•• Cornerstone focuses on identifying means and methods used by Cornerstone focuses on identifying means and methods used by criminal organizations to exploit financial systems through the criminal organizations to exploit financial systems through the transfer, laundering and/or concealment of the true source of transfer, laundering and/or concealment of the true source of criminal proceeds.criminal proceeds.

•• Work with specific private sector industries to gather new Work with specific private sector industries to gather new information and reduce vulnerabilities found within existing information and reduce vulnerabilities found within existing financial systems.financial systems.

•• Assign a dedicated special agent to each of the 25 ICE field Assign a dedicated special agent to each of the 25 ICE field offices to liaison with the private sector.offices to liaison with the private sector.

CORNERSTONECORNERSTONE

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Work with financial institutions security teams to help them Work with financial institutions security teams to help them understand how criminal organizations exploit financial understand how criminal organizations exploit financial systems in their industry.systems in their industry.

Provide the private sector with a quarterly newsletter titled Provide the private sector with a quarterly newsletter titled ““Trip WireTrip Wire”” that identifies and details specific typologies of that identifies and details specific typologies of abuse of certain financial systems by criminal organizations abuse of certain financial systems by criminal organizations and to provide recommendations on how to detect and and to provide recommendations on how to detect and prevent such exploitations.prevent such exploitations.

CORNERSTONECORNERSTONE

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National Security Investigations

ICE conducts investigations designed to protect our national security by combating terrorism and preventing the illegal importation, exportation, and transfer of:·

Weapons of Mass DestructionArms and munitionsCritical technology

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Project Shield America

Integral part of ICE strategy to combat international terrorism.

Protects the American public from the introduction of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and other instruments of terror into the U.S.

Prevents international terrorists and criminal organizations from obtaining WMD materials and technologies, arms, funds and other support from U.S. and foreign sources.

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Joint Terrorism Task Force(JTTF)

Conduct investigations to detect, interdict, prosecute and pursue removal of alien terrorists, terrorist supporters, and hostile foreign intelligence agents located within the United States.

ICE Agents assigned to sixty-six (66) FBI Joint Terrorist Task Forces throughout the US.

ICE Special Agents assigned full-time to JTTF units in all twenty-six SAC offices.

SAC Buffalo has six JTTF Agents assigned in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany offices.

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Smuggling/Public SafetyICE conducts investigations designed to identify, disrupt, and dismantle significant organizations that:

smuggle contraband and humans into the United Statespose a threat to the health, safety, and rights of our peoplethreaten our critical infrastructuredefraud the United States

Program areas include:Commercial FraudCritical Infrastructure ProtectionSmuggling/Human TraffickingContraband SmugglingIdentity and Benefits FraudWorksite EnforcementHuman Rights Violations

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Operation Community Shield, launched in March 2005, is ICE’s comprehensive law enforcement initiative targeting violent criminal street gangs nationwide.

Initially, the focus of the effort was the Mara Salvatrucha organization, commonly referred to as “MS-13,” one of the most violent and rapidly growing of these street gangs. During Phase I, ICE arrested 359 MS-13 members including 10 clique leaders.

In May 2005, ICE expanded Operation Community Shield to include all criminal street gangs that pose a risk to public safety and a concern to national security, putting into motion an aggressive law enforcement action with the goal to investigate, arrest and prosecute any violent street gang members, leaders and/or associates of MS-13, as well as other gangs such as Sureños, 18th Street gang, Latin Kings, Vatos Locos, Mexican Mafia, La Raza gang, Border Brothers, Brown Pride, Norteno, Florencia 13, Tiny Rascal, Asian Boyz and Jamaican Posse, that routinely seek to exploit or engage in violent criminal activities.

Under Operation Community Shield, ICE focuses its powerful enforcement tool on a single goal: dismantling gang organizations by targeting its members, seizing its financial assets and disrupting its criminal operations.

COMMUNITYSHIELD

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WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT

Worksite enforcement investigations focus on egregious employersinvolved in criminal activity or worker exploitation. These types of employer violations often involve alien smuggling, document fraud, human rights abuses and/or other criminal or substantive administrative immigration or customs violations having a direct nexus to the employment of unauthorized workers.

Worksite investigations also encompass employers that may subject unauthorized alien workers to substandard or abusive working conditions.

Worksite investigations also include employers who utilize force, threat or coercion, such as threats to have employees deported in order to keep the alien from reporting the substandard wage or poor working conditions.

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Operation “Predator”

New initiative developed by ICE to protect children world-wide.

Comprehensive program to identify and remove (foreign national) child predators.

Identify and prosecute persons responsible for making and distributing pornographic material.

ICE Cyber-Smuggling Center hosts comprehensive, searchable system for identifying digital child pornography images.

Designed to help law enforcement agencies world-wide identify and rescue children featured in the images.

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Narcotics Interdiction

Investigate international narcotics smuggling organizations.

Conduct interdiction at international port of entries.

Participate in Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) concept.

Share drug intelligence with state and local law enforcement agencies.

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Law Enforcement Support Center(LESC)

Serves as a national enforcement operations center by providing timely immigration status and identity information to local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

Operates 24/7 providing real-time assistance to law enforcement agencies investigating, or have arrested, foreign-born nationals involved in criminal activity.

LESC administers and controls (ICE) immigration related cases entered into NCIC.

Contact via NLETS using message key “IAQ”. Messages may be directed via NLETS to VTINS07S0.

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UNYRIC

Legacy Customs and INS historically have maintained an excellent working relationship with the New York State Police.

With the transition to Homeland Security, ICE will strive to continue this relationship and offer assistance in any related investigations.

SAC Buffalo office participates in NYSP sponsored program UNYRIC.

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CONTACTS

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ICE CONTACT NUMBERS• SAC Buffalo Peter J Smith (716) 551-4741

• ASAC Thomas DiSimone (716) 551-4741

• ASAC Lev J. Kubiak (716) 565-2039

• ASAC (RAC Offices) Nick DiNicola (716) 565-2039

• RAC Syracuse Edward Pollock (315) 482-3747

• RAC Massena Acting RAC (315) 769-3739

• RAC Rouses Point Acting RAC (518) 297-6661

• RAC Albany Jack McQuade (518) 431-4030