In August 2021, Supervisory Special Agent Brian E. Sherota arrived in Taiwan marking the opening of Homeland Security Investigations’ (HSI) 86th international office. As the HSI Supervisory Special Agent in Taipei, Taiwan, Mr. Sherota manages all HSI investigative activities and liaison responsibilities for Taiwan.

Prior to arriving in Taipei, Mr. Sherota was assigned to HSI Miami where he managed a Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) stationed at Miami International Airport and served as the Investigative Services Group Supervisor. From 2011 to 2017, Mr. Sherota served in several key positions at HSI Headquarters in Washington, DC to include acting Chief of Staff to the HSI Executive Associate Director (EAD); Deputy Chief of Staff to the HSI EAD; inaugural HSI Fellow to the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Congressional Fellow – U.S. House of Representatives and as an Operations Manager within HSI’s International Operations Division supporting HSI Attaché offices across Europe.

Mr. Sherota began his career as a Special Agent in March 2003, assigned to the Office of Investigations in Columbia, South Carolina where he conducted investigations related to transnational narcotics and contraband smuggling, child exploitation, gangs/violent crime, and human trafficking/human smuggling. In 2000, Mr. Sherota graduated from The University of Georgia earning a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.