Akil
Baldwin
Akil Baldwin was selected as the Regional Attaché for Homeland Security Investigations in Hong Kong in August 2019. As the HSI Attaché, he provides investigative and programmatic oversight in support of HSI’s international mission in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Baldwin was the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) for the Public Safety division at Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), New York. In this capacity, he oversaw a human smuggling group; three human trafficking groups; and a narcotics group. He also served a long term TDY as the acting Deputy Special Agent in Charge for the HSI New York El Dorado Financial Crimes Task Force.
Mr. Baldwin served four years as the HSI Deputy Attaché in Brussels, Belgium where he had investigative oversight of HSI’s mission in Brussels and Luxembourg.
Prior to serving overseas, Mr. Baldwin was assigned to the Homeland Security Investigations, Office of International Operations (IO) headquarters division as an Operations Manager supporting activities of the Attaché offices in Mexico and the Visa Security program. He also served as the acting Assistant Attaché in Brussels, Belgium; Mexico City, Mexico; Casablanca, Morocco; and Amman, Jordan.
Mr. Baldwin began his career in 2002 as Special Agent at the HSI Washington, D.C. field office and was responsible for investigating extraterritorial human smuggling networks, transnational gangs and human rights violators. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland with the degree in Criminology.
Mr. Baldwin is married and has two children.