Federal law enforcement
The Federal Law Enforcement topic area addresses all crime-fighting agencies at the national and federal level. This section will provide you with the latest news, information and developments across the country and in Washington.
A report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service studied the cases of 46,734 illegal immigrants.
Authorities say agent was being treated for depression and was said to be distraught at the time of his disappearance
More than 4 pounds of methamphetamine was disguised as dozens of candy bars
U.S. marshals made a fingerprint match that led to a man sought for five years in a $100 million international fraud scheme
Officer-involved shootings have sparked a $50 million lawsuit, and the City Council has called for a federal investigation
Arrests related to illegal immigrants on the rise in state; enforcement targeting fugitives, repeat offenders
Many sophisticated operations are run online, so a Google think tank is working to find ways to disrupt international crime
Report: An off-duty police officer and a retired police lieutenant were justified when they used deadly force
FBI agents interviewed an array of people involved in George Zimmerman’s life to see if he had shown racial bias
Only one suspect remained at large Wednesday following the raids in several Indiana cities and towns that involved more than 300 officers from federal, state and local agencies
Dad, sons in their home along Texas border shot agent out of fear, according to a relative
The operation started small but worked in plain sight, with some horses carrying names with drug references, such as Number One Cartel
The goal of the task force is to rescue victims and create a coordinated law enforcement system to investigate and prosecute human trafficking crimes
Speaking in New Orleans, the attorney general called the House action “unnecessary and unwarranted” and defended his performance in regard to Operation Fast and Furious
Agents were executing a search warrant in connection with child exploitation, money laundering
Official: ‘I hope the AG understands that we did not allow guns to walk’
‘They did not come to our storefront to sell Bibles and Blue Bell ice cream,’ says ATF SAIC
In Fast and Furious, ATF agents in Ariz. abandoned the usual practice of intercepting all weapons they believed to be illicitly purchased
The Justice Department set a record last year for the number of people charged in human-trafficking cases
Workers quietly nicknamed Jose Trevino Morales’s stables as the “Zetas’ stables”
Metallica has made a public service video as part of a law enforcement publicity blitz to try to catch a man wanted in the death of a Virginia Tech student
Registered sex offender says he did it to get the attention of the FBI, as local Sheriff’s Office ‘wouldn’t do anything’
Preliminary data is based on information the FBI gathered from 14,009 law enforcement agencies
Review decision was made after an impromptu meeting between U.S. Atty., state Senator
Authorities announced results of a four-month joint effort dubbed ‘Operation Gideon III’
Stephen Ivens, 35, was last seen by family members Thursday evening
You have to let your mind go into the deepest, darkest hole of pure evil in order to truly imagine those “worst of the worst” plans the opposition might dream up
Attack intended to coincide with one-year anniversary of bin Laden’s death
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