Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice

A) General Investigation Division

The FBI, formally called the Bureau of Investigation, was created primarily to handle criminal investigations for the Department of Justice.

The FBIresponsibilities continue to grow each year.

The FBI handles over 180 different investigations including Federal criminal violations (1), internal security matters and civil inquiries (2) in which the Government has an interest.

Since 1945, over 95 percent of the cases investigated by its agents which came before the courts have resulted in convictions (3).

Special Investigation Division

Organized crime is a lawless empire involved in gambling, narcotics, prostitution, extortion, etc. where easy money can be made. For years organized crime operated behind a nearly impenetrable wall (4) built on fear, intimidation, bribery, and force.

Squads of highly trained FBIAgents are devoting their full efforts to bringing the crime lords to justice (5). The objective is to collect sufficient evidence to build astrong prosecutive (6) case so gang leaders can be brought to justice swiftly. Cooperation is vital in the fight against organized crime. The FBI works closely with state and local enforcement agencies.

This Division also supervises investigations under the Security of Government Employees programme (7).

Fugitive investigations often involve agreat deal of manpower.

In addition to FBI fugitives, this Division directs the efforts of FBI Agents to locate and apprehend escaped Federal prisoners, deserters from the Armed Forces.

B) Identification Division

The largest collection of fingerprints in the world is maintained in the Identification Division of the FBI. A dangerous fugitive, wanted in one state, may be located through fingerprint identification after his n rest on a minor charge under a different name by a police agency in another state. Fingerprints often are the only means of identifying victims of various crimes.

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