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igation www . AmericanSecurityToday ( OIL ) participated . com in the
HRSP ’ s case against February 2021 Berger - Edition
was 52 litigation of Berger ’ s appeal . part of its ongoing efforts to iden- tify , investigate and prosecute
The investigation was initiated by individuals who engaged in geno- the HRSP and was conducted in
cide , torture , war crimes , recruit- partnership with the Nashville
ment or use of child soldiers ,
ICE HSI office . female genital mutilation , and other serious human rights vio-
Acting Attorney General
Monty lations .
Wilkinson expressed
gratitude for assistance provided by the
HRSP attorneys prosecuted the
FBI , our German colleagues , and first torture case brought in the by the U . S . Holocaust
Memorial
United States and have success-
Museum .
fully prosecuted criminal cas- es against perpetrators of hu- Since the 1979 inception of the
man rights violations committed
Justice Department ’ s program to in Guatemala , Ethiopia , Liberia , detect , investigate , and remove
Cuba , and the former Yugoslavia ,
Nazi persecutors , it has won cas- among others .
es against 109 individuals .
This removal was supported by
Over the past t 30 years , the
Justice
ICE ’ s Human Rights
Violators
Department has won more cases and War Crimes Center (
HRVW- against persons who participat- CC ), which was honored in the
ed in Nazi persecution than have
2018 ' ASTORS ' Homeland Secu- the law enforcement authorities
rity Awards Program , and is com- of all the other countries in the
prised of ICE HSI ’ s
HRVWCC , as world combined . well as ICE ’ s Human Rights
Law
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