Rana Saoud

Rana Saoud currently serves as the Special Agent in Charge for HSI Nashville, TN, where she oversees all operations and investigative activities for Tennessee and Kentucky. These investigations cover narcotics trafficking, violent crime, global trade, money laundering, and human exploitation.

Previously, she served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the National Security and Global Trade Investigations Division within HSI Miami. In this role, she oversaw numerous investigations and operations related to National Security and Global Trade investigations.  She also oversaw HSI Miami’s Southern Division, which included all HSI disciplines within the Florida Keys and Homestead.

Ms. Saoud’s other leadership positions included Group Supervisor, where she supervised the Panama Express North Strike Force in Tampa, FL. She also held several key leadership positions within HSI headquarters’ Investigative Programs, where she created and implemented the Illicit Digital Economy Program for HSI and served as the Unit Chief for the Financial Crimes Unit. Ms. Saoud was also a program manager at National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center and was later appointed to the position of Special Assistant to the Assistant Director.

During her career, Ms. Saoud worked as an Assistant Attaché in London, England and special agent in Orlando, FL, where she conducted numerous narcotics, financial, Title III, and counter-proliferation cases. She began her career with the U.S. Customs Service as a special agent in 1998.

Ms. Saoud has nearly 25 years of federal law enforcement experience. She holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Florida State University and a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Florida.