Office of Investigations

Mission

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.

Divisions

The Office of Investigations has field offices throughout the United States that are supported by four divisions:

National Security Investigations Division oversees investigative programs designed to protect our national security by combating terrorism and preventing the illegal importation, exportation and transfer of Weapons of Mass Destruction, arms and munitions and critical technology.

Financial Investigations Division oversees ICE’s efforts to investigate financial crimes and to work closely with the financial community to identify and eliminate potential vulnerabilities in the 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, intellectual property rights and counterfeit goods trafficking and other financial crimes.

Smuggling/Public Safety Division oversees programs designed to identify, disrupt and dismantle significant organizations that smuggle contraband and humans into the United States, pose a threat to the health, safety and rights of our people, threaten our critical infrastructure or defraud the United States.

Investigative Services Division assists and supports investigative programs and special agents.