News Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Wednesday, April 30, United States Secret Service Director Ralph Basham issued the following statement on the signing of the Prosecutorial Remedies and Tools Against the Exploitation of Children Today Act of…

CINCINNATI, OH -- On Thursday, April 24, 2003, the United States Secret Service Cincinnati Field Office and the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) will present a seminar on the Safe School Initiative. The study, conducted by…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, April 3, 2003, agents from the United States Secret Service testified before a joint U.S. House of Representative subcommittee hearing on the agency’s efforts to protect America’s financial and…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In cooperation with our law enforcement counterparts, the United States Secret Service has made adjustments to the security perimeter at the White House complex. Beginning at midnight, Tuesday, March 18, the…

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA --  On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, United States Secret Service officials attended a ceremony recognizing the latest additions to the arsenal of tools combating international counterfeiting -- counterfeit detection…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In what is described as the largest seizure associated with an active counterfeiting plant in Colombian history, the United States Secret Service and the Colombian National Police Service (DIJIN), uncovered more than $…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For the second time in as many weeks, the United States Secret Service, working together with the Colombian National Police (DIJIN), suppressed a counterfeit U.S. coin plant. Nearly $100,000 in counterfeit "…

WASHINGTON -- On Friday, January 24, 2003, the United States Secret Service, in cooperation with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, hosted a Internet Safety Seminar and Expo for Kids. The event highlights cyber-safety…

LOS ANGELES -- On Thursday, January 23, the United States Secret Service arrested seven people suspected of carrying out an elaborate mortgage fraud scheme. The suspects have been charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

LOS ANGELES -- El Jueves, 23 de Enero, el Servicio Secreto de los Estados Unidos arrestó siete personas comprometidas en llevar a cabo un detallado esquema de fraude de hipoteca. A los sospechosos se les presentó con cargos de…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In what is described as one of the largest seizures of counterfeit U.S. currency in Italy in recent years, the United States Secret Service, working together with the Guardia Di Finanza, seized more than $1 million in…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On January 9, 2003, the United States Secret Service, working together with the Colombian National Police (DIJIN), suppressed a counterfeit U.S. coin plant and seized $450 in counterfeit $1 coins and the metal needed to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of the Treasury has announced the appointment of W. Ralph Basham as the 21st Director of the United States Secret Service, the nation's oldest investigative federal law enforcement agency. Basham is…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, United States Secret Service Director Brian L. Stafford issued the following statement on the passage of the bill to create the new Department of Homeland Security:

"This is…

WASHINGTON – Director Brian L. Stafford, a veteran of more than 30 years with the United States Secret Service, has announced his plans to retire effective January 2003.

“I am extremely proud of our accomplishments as an agency,”…