Chris Sweckerwas Assistant Director of the FBI. He later established a law practice in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and was appointed by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory as chairman of the Governor's Crime Commission in 2013... (wikipedia)
We have seen a five-fold increase in our caseload since 2000, ... We went from 4,000 complaints a year, from 4,000 referrals a year to 17,000. And we think that's just the tip of the iceberg.
There is a safety factor here, ... This is a bombing indictment, and we just don't need people in there, trampling in the woods. Any place that we're looking at has potential evidence.
We're just going to have to work backwards from where he was last and wherever he's been, ... He's been somewhere, and we have to go to those places and process those places and see what evidence may be at those places.
Sex traffickers or pimps debriefed by the FBI indicate approximately 20-40 percent of the victims forced or recruited into prostitution are juveniles. As of today, 25 field offices are investigating child prostitution matters in support of the Innocence Lost National Initiative.
Nobody can remember a greater investment of resources devoted to public corruption, nor can they remember this level of investigative activity in our public corruption cases.
Just like these natural disasters bring out the best in people, they also bring out some of the worst elements of the criminal element out there who are willing to take advantage of those who are willing to give and those who so desperately need the relief.
It is a pervasive problem and it's on the rise.
peeling back the layers that accompany these various scam websites and trying to get right directly to the perpetrators.
I think most of the police departments will agree that you're just getting them off the street for a couple of months,
We've diagnosed the problem, it's time to come forth with the medicine.
We are concentrating on areas where we bring a certain expertise to the table and where we are needed the most,
We all know why we are here. This is as much about deterrence as it is conducting investigations.
We will not tolerate this kind of behavior. Fraud will not go unpunished.
They are a hardened group, operating with reckless abandon.
The successful resolution of the Rudolph fugitive investigation remains a priority within the FBI's Counterterrorism program,
Our end game is to take out the leadership elements especially. These arrests are a means to that end.
That's not a reason unto itself to conclude that that's a scam Web site , but it is a reason to be cautious,
It's tough to leave public service. I've been doing it for so long. I've admired Bank of America for a long time. It's the only chief security position I would take.
The best thing to do is to know the Internet address of the company or the NGO, the non-government organization, that you're dealing with and type that in yourself rather than clicking on a link.
I'm excited about this opportunity to work with Bank of America and its partners in the private and public sectors to provide the most secure environment possible.
I haven't seen anything like this in 23 years,
Calls to this tip line should be limited to fraud activity and corruption by businesses or persons engaged in purported contract fraud, procurement or purchasing fraud, and/or fraud of federally funded programs,
The emphasis here is on 'unsolicited,' things that come in that you didn't -- you have never made contact with this particular charitable organization,
Theft of cultural property, no matter where in the world, impoverishes us all,