Kai Ereme

Kai Ereme is a senior Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executive and law enforcement professional with extensive experience leading complex domestic and international investigations. Currently serving as Assistant Special Agent in Charge in Las Vegas, Ereme oversees operations involving transnational criminal organizations, narcotics trafficking, financial crimes, human trafficking, weapons, cyber-enabled offenses, and national security threats. His responsibilities include strategic planning, personnel leadership, interagency coordination, policy compliance, crisis response, and operational oversight.

Throughout his career, Ereme has held leadership and investigative assignments with HSI in Las Vegas, Dallas, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Houston, San Diego, Baltimore, and at the National Targeting Center. His accomplishments include directing major narcotics and gang operations, supervising task forces, supporting international partnerships, and contributing to seizures, arrests, prosecutions, and disruption of criminal networks. He has also worked in child exploitation investigations, special response operations, firearms, bulk cash smuggling, and maritime targeting.

Ereme serves as an adjunct professor at Penn State University, teaching criminal justice and leadership development. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice, has received major federal recognition, and maintains a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.