![]() ![]() ![]() The agency also moved many services online with the launch of the Alcohol Industry Management System (AIMS) in 2021. The closures will build on the successful transition many businesses made during the COVID-19 pandemic to work with TABC online and by phone rather than with paper forms and in-person meetings. TABC constantly works to identify areas where it can improve its stewardship of state resources. The decision to close the location came after re-evaluation of the agency’s office leases statewide. Members of TABC’s Licensing and Audit teams will continue assisting the community, and agents will continue to conduct inspections and operations in the area. While TABC will no longer offer in-person services at this office, staff will still be available by phone and email. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has permanently closed its Tyler office to ensure efficient use of state resources as the agency continues to offer faster service to businesses online. The name of the involved business will be disclosed once a related TABC investigation is complete. “Stopping labor trafficking and human trafficking is a top priority for this agency, and we will continue to work tirelessly to identify these suspected traffickers and bring them to justice.”ĭiaz Sala remains in custody at the Dallas County Jail. “This case is a huge win for TABC’s Special Investigations Unit and our task force partners,” TABC Executive Director Thomas Graham said. TABC agents obtained an arrest warrant for Diaz Sala in May 2023, and made the arrest a short time later, charging him with violations of Texas’ labor trafficking laws. During that investigation, agents observed Diaz Sala at the business on multiple occasions and confirmed his suspected ties with the business’ management. The joint operation identified Diaz Sala as a suspected labor trafficker in February 2022, when it learned that an organized criminal element was smuggling people from Cuba to the United States and forcing them to work at a TABC-licensed business to pay off the smuggling debt. of Homeland Security’s Gangs and Violent Crimes Task Force. Luis Diaz Sala was arrested at his home in Irving as part of a joint operation by TABC, the Dallas Police Department and officers of the U.S. JTABC arrests one for labor trafficking following joint operationĪUSTIN - A Cuban citizen stands accused of labor trafficking following his arrest by agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission May 24. ![]()
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