WHAT WE INVESTIGATE
Terrorism
Public corruption, the FBI's top criminal investigative priority, poses a fundamental threat to our national security and way of life.
Public Corruption
Public corruption, the FBI's top criminal investigative priority, poses a fundamental threat to our national security and way of life. It can affect everything from how well our borders are secured and our neighborhoods protected to how verdicts are handed down in courts to how public infrastructure such as roads and schools are built.
Organized Crime
The FBI is dedicated to eliminating transnational organized crime groups that pose the greatest threat to the national and economic security of the United States.
Civil Rights
Since its earliest days, the FBI has helped protect the civil rights of the American people. A dozen of its first 34 special agents, for example, were experts in peonage-the modern-day equivalent of slave labor.
Cyber Crime
The FBI is the lead federal agency for investigating cyber attacks by criminals, overseas adversaries, and terrorists. The threat is serious-and growing. Cyber intrusions are becoming more commonplace, more dangerous, and more sophisticated.
Violent Crime
The FBI concentrates on crime problems that pose major threats to American society. Significant violent crime incidents such as mass killings, sniper murders, and serial killings can paralyze entire communities and stretch state and local law enforcement resources to their limits.