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Enforcement Statistics - Criminal Investigation (CI) Enforcement Strategy

 

How to Interpret Criminal Investigation Data:

Since actions on a specific investigation may cross fiscal years, the data shown in cases initiated may not always represent the same universe of cases shown in other actions within the same fiscal year.

  FY 1999  FY 2000  FY 2001  FY 2002  FY 2003  FY 2004 

FY 2005 

FY 2006

FY 2007

FY
2008
                     
Investigations Initiated                    
 Tax Investigations 1916  1785  1851  2466  2446  2163  2631 2445 2516 2283
Other Financial Crimes 2036  1587  1433  1440  1555  1754  1638 1462 1695 1466
Total 3952  3372   3284 3906  4001  3917  4269 3907 4211 3749
                     
Prosecution Recommendations                    
Tax Investigations 1358  1043  1002  1025  1353  1461  1454 1351 1430 1297
Other Financial Crimes 1762  1391  1333  1108  1188  1576  1405 1369 1407 1488
Total 3120  2434 2335  2133  2541  3037  2859 2720 2837 2785
                     
Indictments/ Informations                    
Tax Investigations 1260  1122  998  954  1036  1114  1195 1169 1126 1171
Other Financial Crimes 1692  1347  1294  970  1092  1375  1211 1150 1197  1376
Total 2952  2469  2292  1924  2128  2489  2406 2319 2323  2547
                     
Sentenced                    
Tax Investigations 1167  1134  906  1023  835  855  1015 996 1112  1016
Other Financial Crimes 1452  1341  1332  1178  933  922 1080 1024 1011   941
Total 2619  2475  2238  2201  1768  1777  2095 2020 2123  1957
                     
Special Agents 2850  2740  2800  2903  2805  2796  2843 2804 2675  2613

Footnotes:    
Tax Investigations include all investigations that have a violation of Title 26 (except 26-7203 ML), 18-286, 18-287, 18-371K, 18-371B, or 18-514    
Other financial crimes include all money laundering and currency crimes violations not specified under tax investigations.     
(See list of U.S. Code Statutes for which CI has jurisdiction.)

Source: Criminal Investigation Management Information System (CIMIS) 


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Page Last Reviewed or Updated: November 26, 2008