The Attorney General's Investigations Division's main purpose is to investigate criminal offenses committed by state officers and employees, to conduct fraud investigations as required by NRS Chapter 228 and to assist in all other investigations as permitted by law. The Investigations Division operates with a broad base of authority.
The Attorney General's Criminal Division investigates and prosecutes crime throughout the State. However, criminal cases which are local in effect are rarely prosecuted by the Attorney General. Such cases are more appropriately pursued by local officials and citizens are urged to bring such cases to their local police and county prosecutor.
While varying from one jurisdiction to the next due to statutory and constitutional mandates, the role of attorney general typically includes: Acting as public advocates in areas such as child support enforcement, consumer protections, antitrust and utility regulation. Representing the state and state agencies before the state and federal courts.
This division investigates and supports the prosecution of both violent crimes and white-collar crimes, including complex fraud crimes, Election Code violations, and public corruption matters. The division proactively investigates online child predators and child pornographers who use the Internet and computers to victimize children.
United States Attorney General | |
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Reports to | President of the United States |
Seat | Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building Washington, D.C. |
Appointer | President of the United States with United States Senate advice and consent |
Term length | No fixed term |
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Reports to | Prime Minister |
Seat | Canberra, ACT |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | Governor-General on the advice of the prime minister |
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Stands for | Central Intelligence Agency |
Introduction | The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world. |
As chief legal officers of the states, commonwealths, District of Columbia, and territories of the United States, the role of an attorney general is to serve as counselor to state government agencies and legislatures, and as a representative of the public interest.
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Issuing formal opinions to state agencies. Acting as public advocates in areas such as child support enforcement, consumer protections, antitrust and utility regulation. Proposing legislation. Enforcing federal and state environmental laws. Representing the state and state agencies before the state and federal courts.
The Criminal Investigation Division is a resource for local and county law enforcement and prosecution agencies who require investigative and/or prosecution assistance due to a lack of resources or a conflict of interest.
Criminal complaints should be made to local law enforcement as it is their responsibility to investigate any crimes within their jurisdiction. CID will only become involved in such investigations based on a written request from the head of those agencies.
a. A domestic security/terrorism investigation may be authorized by the Director or designated Assistant Director upon a written recommendation setting forth the facts or circumstances reasonably indicating the existence of an enterprise as described in this subsection. In such cases, the FBI shall notify the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review of the opening of the investigation. In all investigations the Attorney General may, as he deems necessary, request the FBI to provide a report on the status of the investigation.
This section authorizes the FBI to conduct criminal intelligence investigations of certain enterprises who seek either to obtain monetary or commercial gains or profits through racketeering activities or to further political or social goals through activities that involve criminal violence. These investigations differ from general crimes investigations, authorized by Section II, in several important respects. As a general rule, an investigation of a completed criminal act is normally confined to determining who committed that act and with securing evidence to establish the elements of the particular offense. It is, in this respect, self-defining. An intelligence investigation of an ongoing criminal enterprise must determine the size and composition of the group involved, its geographic dimensions, its past acts and intended criminal goals, and its capacity for harm. While a standard criminal investigation terminates with the decision to prosecute or not to prosecute, the investigation of a criminal enterprise does not necessarily end, even though one or more of the participants may have been prosecuted.
These Guidelines provide guidance for all investigations by the FBI of crimes and crime-related activities. Investigations involving foreign intelligence, foreign counterintelligence and international terrorism matters are the subject of separate guidelines. The standards and requirements set forth herein govern the circumstances under which an investigation may be begun, and the permissible scope, duration, subject-matters, and objectives of an investigation.
b. A racketeering enterprise investigation may be initially authorized for a period of up to 180 days.
As the primary criminal investigative agency in the federal government, the FBI has the authority and responsibility to investigate all criminal violations of federal law not exclusively assigned to another federal agency.
b. A domestic security/terrorism investigation may be initially authorized for a period of up to 180 days.
The immediate purpose of a racketeering enterprise investigation is to obtain information concerning the nature and structure of the enterprise , as specifically delineated in paragraph II D below, with a view to the longer range objective of detention, prevention, and prosecution of the criminal activities of the enterprise.
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The attorney general’s office investigates crimes or schemes that span multiple counties. It also works with federal investigators on cases that span multiple states.
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The criminal division investigates drug trafficking, child predators (more than 150 were arrested each of the past two years), organized crime and public corruption, according to the office’s 2015 annual report.
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The office works on criminal, civil and consumer protection cases and has 830 employees in offices across the state, according to the latest figures provided by the attorney general’s office. More than half of those employees work on criminal cases.
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If your attorney was appointed by the court and is not effectively representing your interests, you should raise this issue with the court, which can address any considerations you have and may be able to appoint a different attorney. If you hired a private attorney to represent you and you are unsatisfied with their services, you should raise your concerns with your state bar association .
Investigations are generally conducted by federal law enforcement agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Customs and Border Protection, Internal Revenue Service, Postal Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and others. We also frequently take cases from state and local agencies. The U.S. Attorneys’ Offices work with those agencies to provide direction and legal counsel in federal criminal investigations.
If you are a victim of a federal crime and have been dealing with a law enforcement agency, you should contact that law enforcement agency to follow up on the status of the case. Longstanding Department practice prevents the Executive Office for United States Attorneys from confirming or denying the existence of particular matters or investigations, and cannot discuss the status of any matter that may be pending in a United States Attorney’s Office. Please be assured that all allegations of federal law violations are taken very seriously by all United States Attorneys’ offices.
If you believe you have credible evidence of violations of state or local law, you should contact your state or local law enforcement agencies, as appropriate.
Some federal crimes involve narcotics, bank robbery, fraudulent activity that affects interstate commerce, wire fraud, mail fraud or tax fraud, any crime in which the United States is defrauded, guns, environmental crimes, and civil rights violations. Some crimes may violate both state and federal laws, such as bank robbery. In these cases, the local U.S. Attorney's Office works closely with state and local law enforcement officials to determine whether a case will be brought in federal or state court.
You can find your local FBI office through their website at: http://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field or by calling 202-324-3000.
As a general matter, federal prosecutions may be declined for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, situations in which a person is subject to prosecution in another jurisdiction or another adequate alternative to prosecution is available. Show.
State investigation or prosecution should be considered when any of the following factors potentially applies: An intrusion causes “significant” damage (e.g., loss of more than $50,000, impairment of records, threat to health and safety, actual physical injury).
If you determine during an investigation that your case potentially appears to fall within any of the guidelines noted below, please contact the eCrime Unit of the Office of the California Attorney General to discuss whether the case might be appropriate for investigative assistance or prosecution by the eCrime Unit.
The theft is from the state government, one of its agencies, or one of its programs. The conduct potentially involved multiple victims, a ring of more than two persons who conspired to commit offenses on more than one occasion, and multiple counties or states are involved.
The perpetrator was a state government employee, targeted state employees, or misappropriated information obtained from state files, databases, or networks. The perpetrator created or used counterfeit or stolen state identification. Local jurisdiction declines prosecution due to technical or resource issues.
Local jurisdiction declines prosecution due to technical or resource issues.
An intrusion involves a state government computer system.