Cryptanalysis and Racketeering Records
Mission
The Cryptanalysis and Racketeering Records Unit (CRRU) examines both manually
encrypted documents and records of illegal enterprises, as well as provides
expert testimony and other forensic assistance to further identify terrorism,
foreign intelligence, and criminal activities in support of federal, state,
local, and international law enforcement investigations and prosecutions.
The Team
Cryptanalysts, cryptanalysts (forensic examiner), and management and program assistant
The Work
Cryptanalysis
Decrypt manual codes and ciphers found in letters, diaries, ledgers, and
other types of written communications, records, and e-mails. Common users of
codes ciphers include national and international terrorists, foreign intelligence
agents, members, prison inmates, and violent criminals.
Racketeering Examinations
Examine and decode records from illicit businesses, such as loansharking, prostitution,
sports bookmaking, and Internet gambling. Such violations are predicate offenses
for RICO charges. Examinations may reveal the type of operation, dates of activity,
wagering or loan amounts, types of wagers or loans, number and roles of participants,
and
accounting methods.
Drug Records Examinations
Examine and decode records pertaining to the type of operation,
type of drug, quantity of drugs sold or purchased, unit prices, method of payment,
transaction dates, roles of participants, gross and net profits, and operating
expenses.
The unit members also testify in legal proceedings. Home
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