Alan Scott Brown News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

ICE knows older Americans are targets for scams that have them smuggle drugs to other countries, but they're failing to inform and protect them salarshani@businessinsider.com (Sarah Al-Arshani) © Gregory Bull/AP Photo In this March 30, 2012 photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents take a suspect into custody as part of a nationwide immigration sweep in Chula Vista, California. Gregory Bull/AP Photo ICE is aware elderly Americans are targets for scams that have them unknowingly transport drugs. The organization is accused of not doing enough to protect citizen...

The organization is accused of not doing enough to protect citizens, The New York Times reported.   Americans have been imprisoned abroad after being caught transporting drugs.  US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is aware older Americans are targets for scams that fool them into smuggling drugs into other countries, but often fail to protect them, The New York Times reported.  ICE's Operation Cocoon, a program created in 2013 to disrupt international drug trafficking rings, allows US officials to share information on potential drug smuggling with foreign agencies in an effort to preve...