tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1723300184744625759.post-26454585363798527742008-05-09T14:52:00.003-04:002008-05-09T15:15:44.036-04:00<a href="http://www.dhs.gov/journal/leadership/uploaded_images/cv_arrest-779434.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Hands in handcuffs." src="http://www.dhs.gov/journal/leadership/uploaded_images/cv_arrest-779236.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>One of the most important lessons for law enforcement in the 21st century is that cooperation in investigations is absolutely essential. As criminals and terrorists become more mobile, more sophisticated and more technologically savvy, it’s critical that law enforcement agencies across the board work together to get the job done. </div><div><br />That spirit of cooperation was on display in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) most recent success yesterday when we arrested a suspect in an international child predator investigation in New Jersey. The arrest stemmed from <a href="http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/PressReleases/PR2008/PR200814.asp">an alert</a> circulated earlier this week by INTERPOL, the international law enforcement organization that works closely with ICE agents in fighting transnational criminal activity.</div><div><br />It was a tough case: The suspect’s name, nationality and location were a mystery. But his face was known from a series of photographs depicting the sexual abuse of three boys between the ages of six and 10 years old. The pictures, believed to have been taken in Southeast Asia, were originally discovered by police in Norway two years ago. Since then, the photographs have been circulated widely to law enforcement agencies around the world. </div><div><br />INTERPOL, working with ICE investigators, distributed a new alert on the suspect on May 6. Traffic to the INTERPOL Web site exploded, with more than a quarter million hits, as the public and law enforcement officials joined in to help offer information that might identify the suspect. Thanks to these Internet tips, by the morning of May 8, <a href="http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/080508lyon.htm">ICE agents arrested</a> 59-year-old Wayne Nelson Corliss of Union City, N.J., who at this time is believed to be the man in the photographs.<br /></div><br /><div>This alleged predator is now in custody and will face charges for the exploitation of vulnerable children. It could not have happened without the coordination and cooperation of law enforcement investigators working around the world to keep children safe. </div><br /><div></div><div>Julie L. Myers</div><div>Assistant Secretary</div><div>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Washington, D.C.<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1723300184744625759-2645458536379852774?l=www.dhs.gov%2Fjournal%2Fleadership%2Farchive.html'/></div>Homeland Security Blog Teamnoreply@blogger.com2