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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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