Brian M. Moskowitz

Law Enforcement

Hi, I'm Brian M. Moskowitz. Welcome to my profile!

Brian M. Moskowitz's Bio:

Brian M. Moskowitz's Experience:

• Special Agent in Charge at ICE Homeland Security Investigations

  May 2004 - November 2012

  Provided executive leadership and direction over the activities of approximately 300 Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and HSI cross-designated state, local, and foreign task force officers in the states of Michigan (with offices in Detroit, Detroit Metro Airport, Grand Rapids, and Sault Ste. Marie) and Ohio (Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati). As a member of the Senior Executive Service, lead transnational criminal investigations targeting terrorist travel and finance; arms and technology proliferation; trade, visa and immigration fraud; drug, human and weapons smuggling and trafficking; transnational gangs; human rights violations; child exploitation; illicit finance and intellectual property theft. HSI is a component of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security.

• Associate Special Agent in Charge at ICE Homeland Security Investigations

  August 2001 - May 2004

  Note: Agency changed from US Customs Service, Office of Investigations to the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Investigations in March 2003.

• National Legislative Director/Vice President at Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association

  September 1999 - August 2001

  Nationally elected officer and Executive Board member responsible for advancing the legislative agenda of FLEOA's 18,000+ members of the federal law enforcement community. Key achievements include key work on the Federal Law Enforcement Officer's Good Samaritan Act (while Chapter officer in Tucson, AZ), the Civil Asset Reform Act, and blocking an ill-conceived attempt by the FAA to ban the majority of law enforcement officers from flying armed aboard commercial aircraft.

• Assistant Director, Asset Forfeiture Section at US Customs Service, Headquarters, Office of Investigations

  2000 - 2001

• Operations Manager, Domestic Operations, West at US Customs Service, Headquarters, Office of Investigations

  September 1999 - November 2000

• Program Manager and National OCDETF and HIDTA Coordinator at US Customs Service, Headquarters, Office of Investigations

  March 1999 - September 1999

• Supervisory Special Agent at US Customs Service, Office of Investigations

  March 1997 - March 1999

• Senior Special Agent at US Customs Service, Office of Investigations

  September 1992 - 1998

• Special Agent at US Customs Service, Office of Investigations

  January 1991 - September 1992

• Special Agent/Criminal Investigator at US Customs Service, Office of Investigations

  October 1988 - January 1991

• Special Agent at Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division

  1986 - 1988

• Special Agent in Charge at ICE Homeland Security Investigations

  November 2012

  Provides executive leadership and direction over all operational and management aspects of approximately 350+ Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and HSI cross-designated state, local, and foreign task force officers. HSI Houston encompasses most of the Texas Gulf Coast area with multiple offices in the Houston metropolitan area, as well as offices in Beaumont, Galveston, and Corpus Christi. As a member of the Senior Executive Service, I provide senior level leadership over a multitude criminal and civil violations critical to HSI's mission, including but not limited to: terrorist travel and finance; arms and technology proliferation; trade, visa and immigration fraud; global supply chain protection; narcotics and contraband smuggling and trafficking; human smuggling and human trafficking; arms, weapons, and munitions smuggling and trafficking; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations; transnational gang enforcement; human rights violations; cyber crimes; child exploitation and child sex tourism crimes; illicit finance and intellectual property theft. I serve as the elected Chair of the Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Executive Board. The Houston HIDTA Executive Board provides leadership and oversight over eight multi-agency enforcement initiatives and an $11M annual operating budget. I am a member of the Mayor of Houston's Human Trafficking Council. HSI is a component of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security.

Brian M. Moskowitz's Education:

• Columbia Business School

  2000 – 2000
  Certificate

• New York University

  1982 – 1986
  Bachelor of Science (BS)
  Concentration: Accounting

• East Islip

• Federal Law Enforcement Training Center