Our Mission
The threat doesn’t respect borders.
The response has to match it.
Cartels move across borders. They exploit gaps between agencies. They operate at a scale no single law enforcement body can handle alone. The Task Force was built to close those gaps—permanently.
Unified.
Focused.
Relentless.
Why This Exists
Transnational crime threatens every community.
Cartels operate globally
They move people, drugs, weapons, and money across borders, exploiting every gap between agencies and jurisdictions.
No single agency can stop it alone
These networks are too complex and too well-resourced for any one agency, state, or country to dismantle by itself.
It affects Americans everywhere
The same criminal networks fuel violence, trafficking, and corruption in communities across the United States.
What HSTF Does
Closes the gaps. Disrupts the networks.
Integrates intelligence
Combines foreign intelligence, domestic law enforcement, and federal investigative data into a single operational picture.
Coordinates enforcement
Directs resources, deconflicts targets, and synchronizes operations across 30 regional task forces nationwide.
Delivers real results
Disrupts criminal networks, removes dangerous actors from our communities, and builds safer, stronger, more resilient communities.
How We Operate
Federal, state, and local law enforcement—working as one.
National Coordination Center
The operational hub of the HSTFs, co-led by HSI and the FBI in Fairfax, VA. Directs resources, coordinates criminal network analysis, and deconflicts targets across task forces nationwide.
Interagency Fusion Cell
Established by Homeland Security Council directive. Integrates foreign intelligence, domestic law enforcement, and federal investigative data into a single operational picture—driving enforcement action around the clock.
National Executive Committee
Senior HSI and FBI leadership co-chair this body, setting priorities for all 30 regional task forces and maintaining the national operational picture—so resources go where they’re needed most.
Law Enforcement Partners Council
The formal channel between the task force and state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement—how regional trends surface nationally and national priorities get coordinated with local partners.
Regional Task Forces
30 regional task forces and 29 satellite offices cover every state, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Each is co-led by an HSI and FBI Special Agent in Charge, operating under the National Executive Committee.
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