leadership and the dedication of the men and women at the FBI who want to go out there and do the job they were prevented from doing. … This number is historic by every metric.” Patel also emphasized the FBI’s efforts to locate missing children, stating that 5,400 have been found since January. “That is a 30% increase year to date over the last administration,” he said. “Violent crimes against children arrests alone are up 10% [and] gang arrests are up 210% in the last seven months alone. … Mr. President, you said we have to go after the worst of the worst. … This is just the beginning.”
Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino announced significant results from Operation Summer Heat last month
In a post on X, Bongino said the operation “continues to deliver results as we strive to protect the communities we serve,” he said. “I want to provide you another update on your @FBI’s Operation Summer Heat, which continues to deliver results as we strive to protect the communities we serve. By uniting with our communities and law enforcement partners, we stay prepared and resilient together,” he added.
“The @FBISeattle office saw a major success as they investigated a large-scale street gang
“In @NewYorkFBI, our teams arrested a subject involved in the robbery of a gas station where an elderly employee was manning the store,” the deputy FBI director said. which resulted in the collection of 23 firearms and over 9,800 grams in drug seizures. They are accused of using female couriers to transport pills in luggage from source in Arizona to Seattle and Baltimore airports,” Bongino said. “@FBITampa with our partners at DEA, USPS, DOL, and the Lakeland Police Department targeted a violent street gang called the Hood Boys. Friday, Twelve Lakeland, FL-based gang members were charged with paycheck protection program fraud. According to the indictments, they devised a scheme to defraud the U. S. Small Business Administration by submitting false and fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications,” Bongino noted.
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