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As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Alexander Yuk Ching Ma has pleaded guilty to a count of conspiracy to gather or deliver national defense information to a foreign government.

An investigation by the FBI revealed thousands of images that contained child pornography on two phones owned by the suspect.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently announced the results of "Operation Cross Country," a nationwide sweep targeting sex traffickers. The effort involved local police departments, non-profit groups and more. Read and listen to the full story from The Conversation's Catherine Cruz.

For the past year and a half since taking over as agent-in-charge of the FBI in the Pacific region, Steven Merrill has made an effort to raise the profile of the agency. Merrill spoke to The Conversation about his latest recruiting effort.

Fighting public corruption continues to be a high priority for the FBI. Its Honolulu office and other federal partners have helped ferret out corruption among Hawaiʻi officials from a former police chief to a former Senate president.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation seeks the public's help in public corruption cases; Scientists scrutinize Hanauma Bay management; HPR reporter Casey Harlow details the governor's homeless proclamation; and Maui-native Jason Baum vies for another Grammy

An Oʻahu public school teacher is pleading not guilty to distributing child pornography. U.S. prosecutors say the pornography included videos of Alden Bunag having sex with a 13-year-old student.

A Hawaiʻi public school teacher is being held without bail on a charge of distributing child pornography, which U.S. prosecutors said included videos of him having sex with a 13-year-old student.

A Russian-owned superyacht seized by the United States has arrived in Honolulu Harbor flying an American flag. The U.S. last week won a legal battle in Fiji to take the $325 million vessel and immediately sailed it to Hawaiʻi.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are looking into the cyberattack on the servers for TheBus and TheHandi-Van that occurred on Dec. 9. Any information can be reported to the Honolulu FBI.