While preventing terrorist attacks remains the FBI’s top priority, our resources dedicated to violent crime are focused on the most acute problems threatening our society and complex multi-jurisdictional investigations where we can offer special capabilities. Since 2001, the FBI has increased its focus on violent gangs.
Safe
Streets Violent Crime Initiative
- As of December 2006, the FBI operates more than 170 Safe Streets Task Forces
(SSTFs) in 56 field offices.
- SSTFs are comprised of more than 2,300 local, state, and federal investigators
representing more than 500 law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.
- Of these task forces, 130 are focused on violent gangs.
Violent
Gang Safe Street Task Force Accomplishments
Year |
Complaints |
Indictments & Informations |
Arrests |
Convictions |
2001 |
1,143 |
2,181 |
3,999 |
2,168 |
2002 |
1,024 |
1,951 |
3,512 |
1,964 |
2003 |
826 |
1,971 |
3,837 |
1,698 |
2004 |
980 |
2,183 |
4,162 |
1,773 |
2005 |
1,191 |
2,540 |
4,745 |
1,700 |
2006 |
1,421
|
2,695
|
5,537
|
2,199
|
Totals |
6,585
|
13,521
|
25,792
|
11,502
|
Year |
Disruptions |
Dismantlements |
RICO Indictments
|
Other Racketeering Statute Indictments |
2001 |
108 |
42 |
37 |
63 |
2002 |
149 |
41 |
24 |
167 |
2003 |
166 |
46 |
151 |
99 |
2004 |
299 |
40 |
35 |
36 |
2005 |
483 |
65 |
33 |
51 |
2006 |
509
|
67
|
64
|
94
|
Totals |
1,714
|
301
|
344
|
510
|
National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC)
- We developed the NGIC in 2005 to provide a mechanism for local, state, and federal
law enforcement to share gang data across jurisdictions and to identify trends
related to violent gang activity and migration.
MS-13 National Gang Task Force
- We established the MS-13 National Gang Task Force in 2004 to coordinate the investigative
efforts of federal, state, and local agencies against MS-13 gang targets. MS-13
members and associates have been identified in more than 30 states and have a
significant presence in Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington,
D.C.
- The task force has instituted the Central American Fingerprint Exploitation (CAFÉ)
initiative to acquire criminal fingerprints from the Central American region
and to merge those fingerprints and associated criminal records into our Integrated
Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) database.
| Approximate number of fingerprint cards from Central America to date: 100,000 |
| Approximate number of matches to records showing contact with U.S. law enforcement: 20,000 |
| Approximate number of fingerprint cards from the State of Chiapas, Mexico: 30,000 |
| Approximate number of identified gang members among Chiapas’ 30,000: 24,000
24,000 |
01/11/2007
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