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United States Secret Service Suppresses Second Coin Counterfeiting Plant in Colombia This Year
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 14, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On January 9, 2003, the United States Secret Service, working together with the Colombian National Police (DIJIN), suppressed a counterfeit U.S. coin plant and seized $450 in counterfeit $1 coins and the metal needed to fill an order for an additional 10,000.
W. Ralph Basham Appointed as Director of the United States Secret Service
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of the Treasury has announced theappointment of W. Ralph Basham as the 21st Director of the United States Secret Service,the nation's oldest investigative federal law enforcement agency. Basham is a 28-yearveteran of the Secret Service and has also served as Director of the Federal LawEnforcement Training Center and Chief of Staff at the newly created TransportationSecurity Administration.
Secret Service Director Praises Passage of Homeland Security Bill
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2002
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002, United States SecretService Director Brian L. Stafford issued the following statement on the passage of thebill to create the new Department of Homeland Security
Director Brian L. Stafford Announces Plans to Retire From the United States Secret Service
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 7, 2002
News Release: WASHINGTON Director Brian L. Stafford, a veteran of more than 30 years with theUnited States Secret Service, has announced his plans to retire effective January 2003.
Secret Service Seizes Computer Equipment From Texas Telemarketing Company
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2002
News Release: WACO, TX. -- On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002, agents from the United States SecretService, in cooperation with the Waco Police Department, the McLennan Sheriff'sOffice, and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigative Division (IRS-CID),executed a federal search warrant on Specialty Outsourcing Solutions, Waco, Texas.S.O.S. operates as a customer service hub for an international telemarketing company.
U.S. Secret Service Launches Los Angeles Electronic Crimes Task Force
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2002
News Release: LOS ANGELES --On Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002, at 9:00 AM, the first quarterlymeeting of the Los Angeles Electronic Crimes Task Force (LAXECTF) will convene atthe Wilshire Grand Los Angeles. Security experts, including chief information officers,chief security officers, law enforcement professionals, academicians and governmentleaders from the federal, state, and local levels will attend the half-day meeting.
U.S. Secret Service and Office of Homeland Security Sponsor Major Event Management Seminar
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2002
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. --The United States Secret Service, in partnership with the Office of Homeland Security, will sponsor a Major Event Management Seminar,September 4-6, 2002 in Washington, D.C. The seminar's objective is to provide law enforcementexecutives, public safety managers, and other key event ...