LINCOLN, Neb. — The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Workplace started an investigation into the theft of a number of semi-trailers and a great deal of frozen beef in Lancaster County, Nebraska, June 27.
Within the preliminary investigation, the estimated loss was $1 million. Since June 2021, the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Workplace, along with Homeland Safety Investigation (HSI) Omaha, has recognized roughly 45 thefts that occurred throughout Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, totaling $9 million in loss. The investigation, led by the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Workplace and HSI Omaha’s Main Crimes Job Pressure, decided {that a} Miami-based, extremely refined organized prison enterprise focused beef and pork packaging vegetation in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin.
On Oct. 20, HSI Omaha, Lancaster County Sheriff’s Workplace, and the Florida Freeway Patrol, assisted by HSI Miami – El Dorado Job Pressure South, recognized and arrested three principal targets within the organized prison enterprise, recovering three tractor trailers with stolen merchandise valued at $550,000. The three folks arrested have been Yoslany Leyva Del Sol, Ledier Machin Andino, and Delvis L. Fuentes, all from the Miami space. The three have been arrested beneath 18 U.S. Code 2314 Transportation of Stolen Items and 18 U.S. Code 1956 Cash Laundering.
This investigation is ongoing and a part of the HSI Omaha and Lancaster County Sheriff’s Workplace Main Crimes Job Pressure.
Homeland Safety Investigations
HSI is a directorate of ICE and the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Division of Homeland Safety (DHS), liable for investigating transnational crime and threats, particularly these prison organizations that exploit the worldwide infrastructure by way of which worldwide commerce, journey, and finance transfer. HSI’s workforce of over 10,400 workers consists of greater than 6,800 particular brokers assigned to 225 cities all through the USA, and 93 abroad areas in 56 nations. HSI’s worldwide presence represents DHS’s largest investigative legislation enforcement presence overseas and one of many largest worldwide footprints in U.S. legislation enforcement.
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