人口走私主犯 Saiful Islam 在美认罪：从巴西被引渡、安排偷渡者穿越达连隘口
华盛顿 — 美国司法部11月9日宣布，39岁的孟加拉国籍男子 Saiful Islam 当天认罪，承认参与一个把外国人经南美洲、中美洲与墨西哥偷运进美国的人口走私团伙。Islam 今年4月从巴西被引渡到美国。
据法庭文件，Islam 参与的走私网络规模庞大，他协助其他走私者安排偷渡者从巴西出发、途经南美洲、中美洲与墨西哥，最终非法进入美国。部分偷渡者被装上由醉酒驾驶员操舵的危险船只、沿哥伦比亚海岸运送；部分人徒步穿越达连隘口；还有人被发给他人证件以掩盖身份。偷渡者被带到美国南部边境后，被指示蹚水越过 Rio Grande 河或翻越边境围栏入境，其中一些人向 Islam 支付了数千美元。
Islam 承认一项串谋把外国人带入美国罪名与两项把外国人带入美国罪名，三项罪名均以牟取商业利益与个人经济收益为目的。他还同意没收从偷渡者处收取的钱款。本案定于2027年2月17日判刑，Islam 面临最低3年的强制刑期，最终刑期由联邦地区法院法官参照美国量刑指南与其他法定因素裁定。
司法部刑事司助理部长 A. Tysen Duva 与德克萨斯州南区联邦检察官 Aaron Reitz 宣布了这一认罪。案件由国土安全调查局（HSI）Phoenix 办公室主查，HSI 在 Laredo、Brasilia、Bogota 的办公室、HSI 华盛顿人口走私部门、海关与边境保护局（CBP）反网络部门、巴西联邦警察、哥伦比亚国家警察、美国法警局与国际刑警组织协助调查；司法部国际事务办公室在促成 Islam 被捕与引渡方面提供了重要协助。
本案由联合特遣部队阿尔法（JTFA）支持与起诉，该特遣部队是司法部打击卡特尔与跨国犯罪组织人口走私与贩运的主力机制。据司法部数据，JTFA 的工作迄今已促成超过486名走私组织头目、组织者与重要协助者在美国国内外被捕，超过447人在美国被定罪，超过374人被判入狱，并没收了大量资产。（来源：美国司法部）
Prolific Human Smuggler Saiful Islam, Extradited from Brazil, Pleads Guilty in U.S. Court
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced on November 9 that Saiful Islam, 39, a Bangladeshi national, pleaded guilty that day to charges related to his role in a conspiracy that smuggled numerous aliens through South America, Central America, and Mexico into the United States. Islam was extradited from Brazil to the United States in April 2026.
According to court documents, Islam participated in a wide-ranging alien smuggling organization and assisted other smugglers by facilitating the travel of aliens from and through Brazil, South America, Central America, and Mexico so that they could illegally enter the United States. Some aliens were transported along the Colombian coast in dangerous boats operated by intoxicated pilots. Some trekked through the Darien Gap. Others were given other individuals' documentation to conceal their identities. The aliens were brought to the southern border and instructed to cross into the United States by wading across the Rio Grande River or by jumping a border fence. Some paid Islam thousands of dollars to be smuggled into the United States.
Islam pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to bring an alien to the United States and two counts of bringing an alien to the United States, all for the purpose of commercial advantage and private financial gain. He agreed to forfeit money he collected from smuggled aliens. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 17, 2027, and he faces a mandatory minimum of three years in prison; a federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz for the Southern District of Texas made the announcement. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Phoenix investigated the case with assistance from HSI Laredo, HSI Brasilia, HSI Bogota, the HSI Human Smuggling Unit in Washington, D.C., U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Counter Network Division, the Brazil Department of Federal Police, the Colombia National Police, the U.S. Marshals Service, and INTERPOL. The Justice Department's Office of International Affairs provided significant assistance in securing Islam's arrest and extradition from Brazil.
The case was supported and prosecuted by Joint Task Force Alpha (JTFA), the Justice Department's lead effort against human smuggling and trafficking by cartels and transnational criminal organizations. According to the department, JTFA's work to date has resulted in more than 486 domestic and international arrests of leaders, organizers, and significant facilitators of alien smuggling and trafficking, more than 447 U.S. convictions, and more than 374 significant jail sentences, along with forfeitures of substantial assets. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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