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For Immediate Release
January
3, 2006
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Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691
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Public
Corruption - FBI's Top Criminal Priority
Washington,
DC - Combating public corruption is the top criminal
program investigated by the FBI. Over the last two years,
FBI investigations have lead to the conviction of more than
1,060 government employees involved in corrupt activities,
to include 177 federal officials, 158 state officials, 360
local officials and more than 365 police officers. The FBI's
highly sensitive public corruption investigations focus
on all levels of government. No other law enforcement agency
has attained the kind of success the FBI has achieved in
combatting corruption. This success is due largely to the
cooperation and coordination from a number of federal, state
and local law enforcement agencies to combat public corruption.
These partnerships include, but are not limited to the Department
of Justice, Agency Offices of Inspector General; law enforcement
agencies' Internal Affairs Divisions; Federal, State and
local law enforcement and regulatory investigative agencies;
and state and county prosecutor's offices.
Additional information about the FBI's public corruption
program can be found on the web site www.fbi.gov under the
heading—What We Investigate—Public Corruption.
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