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A former American Airlines baggage handler, Victor Bourne, was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for his leadership of an international drug trafficking organization.

Fossils include a Tyrannosaurus dinosaur skeleton from Mongolia.

A Polish national - who is wanted in his home country for extortion, kidnapping and attempted murder - was deported and turned over to Polish law enforcement officials Tuesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

According to federal indictments and search warrant affidavits unsealed Tuesday, 37 defendants are accused of trafficking in guns, methamphetamine, heroin, Ecstasy, marijuana and cocaine.

A Washington, D.C., man pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges involving the operation of an illegal gambling business, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Jeffrey Dale Wiederholt, 34, of Stanberry, Mo., pleaded guilty to producing, transporting and receiving child pornography.

A mail-order gourmet brownie business became the 17th Arizona company to join a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) program designed to strengthen hiring practices and combat the unlawful employment of illegal aliens.

Collier Bennett Harper surrendered to federal authorities Monday to begin serving a 37-month prison sentence for importing more than 1,000 counterfeit Microsoft Office CD-ROMs and selling them to unsuspecting customers over the Internet.

The suspects Samar Ayoub, 39, of Dearborn Heights, Mich., and Hussein Jomaa, 30, of Dearborn, Mich., who made their initial appearances in federal court Monday afternoon, are charged in a criminal complaint with knowingly trafficking counterfeit merchandise.

Domingo Agustin-Simon, 31, and Leonardo Rabanales-Casia, 30, were both convicted of conspiracy to commit hostage taking, hostage taking, bringing in illegal aliens for profit, and harboring illegal aliens for profit.

A 33-year-old Idaho man, Florin Fleischer, pleaded guilty Monday to the unlawful procurement of U.S. citizenship following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Fleischer admitted to providing materially false statements on his January 2010 naturalization application.

An illegal alien from Mexico who lived in Riverdale, Md., pleaded guilty Monday to transporting more than 100 women from other states to engage in commercial sex in Virginia.

Two Fresno-area men have received significant prison terms after pleading guilty to child pornography charges stemming from investigations conducted by ICE 's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the other agencies on the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

Marcos A. Flores was sentenced Friday to eight years in federal prison and a lifetime of supervised release following his June guilty plea to possessing child pornography, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldana of the Northern District of Texas.

Robin Han, a New Zealand physician who acted as a large-scale supplier of bogus erectile dysfunction drugs to distributors in California, Texas and Europe, was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $200,000 in restitution on charges stemming from a long-term probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

David Gould, of Annapolis, Md., was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for possession of child pornography after an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Gould admitted that he has been trading and collecting child pornography for more than 10 years.

The Department of Justice has executed restraints on more than $4 million in additional corruption proceeds in connection with the prosecution and conviction in the United Kingdom of James Onanefe Ibori, the former governor of Nigeria's oil-rich Delta State. The case was investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Foreign...

Larry G. Young, 60, of New Castle, was indicted on charges he produced sexually explicit material involving a 6-year-old child.

Marco Ortiz-Barajas, 19, Angel Zamudio-Martinez, 54, and Jose Luis Chavez-Morfin, 43, all of whom are from Mexico but resided in the Atlanta metropolitan area, were convicted based upon their June 29 guilty pleas to a charge of conspiracy to possess marijuana with the intent to distribute.

Prudence Kantengwa, aka Prudentienne, 47, of Boston, was sentenced Oct. 11 to nearly two years in prison for immigration fraud, perjury in immigration court and obstruction of justice. She was previously convicted in May 2012 of lying to enter the U.S. and again when seeking asylum status.

Carmen Alonzo, 58, of Progreso, Texas, was sentenced Oct. 11 to 72 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Randy Crane. Judge Crane also heard arguments supporting sentencing enhancements.

Niyaz Sainudeen, 41, of Bethlehem, Pa., pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of distributing child pornography, one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.

Three Florida men were charged in three separate indictments for trafficking in counterfeit goods. They face up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine up to $2 million. The cases were investigated by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

According to the indictment, from Sept. 28 to Oct. 3, Betsian Carrasquillo-Peñaloza, 34, of Loiza, Puerto Rico, recruited, enticed, harbored and transported a 14-year-old female identified as N.M.C.C. to engage in commercial sex acts.

Miguel Angel Davila-Ruiz, an illegal alien from Mexico wanted by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office on rape charges, was arrested late Wednesday after officers with ICE's ERO tracked him down at a residence in southwest Detroit where he was holed up.