Anthony
Salisbury
In his current position as Special Agent in Charge for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami, Mr. Salisbury oversees the HSI criminal investigations portfolio and activities of more than 400 employees covering an area of responsibility from Ft. Pierce to Key West. These investigations cover narcotics trafficking, violent crime, commercial fraud, counter proliferations, money laundering, human smuggling, and trafficking, as well as the HSI intelligence program in South Florida.
Prior to this assignment, Mr. Salisbury served as the Deputy Special Agent in Charge (DSAC) for HSI Miami. As the DSAC, Mr. Salisbury oversaw the entire HSI investigative portfolio in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, working closely with our state and local partners on investigations involving narcotics trafficking, violent gangs, and weapons smuggling.
After serving as a Deputy United States Marshal, Mr. Salisbury joined the former United States Customs Service New York office in 2001, where he investigated narcotics trafficking at JFK Airport. While assigned to JFK, Mr. Salisbury initiated and led a multi-agency task force to investigate violent crime in Brooklyn, NY.
After his assignment in New York, Mr. Salisbury also served in key leadership positions for HSI. He pursued trade-based money laundering investigations as the Section Chief for HSI’s Trade Transparency Unit, notably establishing foreign trade transparency investigation units to combat trade-based money laundering. Following his headquarters assignment, Mr. Salisbury supervised the activities of five HSI offices throughout the Republic of Mexico as the Deputy Attaché in Mexico City. This overseas assignment covered the entire HSI investigative mission, including special interest alien smuggling and high value target apprehensions. Upon returning to the United States, Mr. Salisbury was selected as the Resident Agent in Charge for HSI St. Louis, where he oversaw the day-to-day investigative operations for 86 counties located in Missouri and Illinois, with an emphasis on violent crime, money laundering, narcotics trafficking and child exploitation investigations. Mr. Salisbury received an undergraduate degree from Missouri Western University in St. Joseph, MO.