CBP Uses SI to Keep Fentanyl and Other Drugs Out of the Country
In 2023, a car driving north from Mexico approached the Point of Entry at San Ysidro. Almost immediately, one of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Machine Learning (ML) models identified a suspicious pattern in the car’s border crossing history and flagged it for further review, which revealed 75 kilograms of narcotics hidden in the vehicle and led to the arrest of the driver.
HSI Uses SI to Investigate Heinous Crimes
In August 2023, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) announced the completion of one of the most successful operations ever against online child sexual abuse. Operation Renewed Hope resulted in the identification of 311 previously unknown victims of sexual exploitation in less than a month by using SI and ML models, developed in partnership with the Science and Technology Directorate, to enhance old images and give investigators new leads using facial recognition. The operation also led to the rescue of several abuse victims and the arrests of multiple suspected perpetrators, including one international criminal.