I am a dummy. Who or what is HSI?
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is a premier federal law enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). We shield our nation from global threats to ensure Americans are safe and secure.
HSI investigates crime on a global scale – at home, abroad and online – to prevent harm to you locally.
We live and work alongside the people we are sworn to protect, so our work is personal. HSI identifies, investigates and stops criminals, while supporting those victimized by their crimes.
HSI is committed to protecting you and serving our country. Through innovation, hard work and determination, we work with our partners to combat crime and keep you safe.
https://www.dhs.gov/hsi/leadership
They throw around those letter combinations like everyone knows what they mean. FBI and CIA yeah but damn I shouldn’t have to go look up what HSI means before I even finish the first paragraph. I might never come back. And that’s exactly what happened.
https://in.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/new-delhi/sections-offices/hsi/
HSI is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, responsible for investigating transnational crime and threats, specifically those criminal organizations that exploit the global infrastructure through which international trade, travel and finance move. HSI’s mission is to investigate, disrupt and dismantle terrorist, transnational and other criminal organizations that threaten or seek to exploit the customs and immigration laws of the United States.
Most of HSI’s 7,100 special agents are assigned to one of HSI’s Special Agent in Charge (SAC) offices or multiple sub-offices located in 225 cities across the nation. HSI’s domestic footprint is supplemented by more than 2,800 task force officers representing key strategic federal, state and local partners in the fight to combat transnational criminal organizations.