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Breaking News, Podcasts, Videos, Local, State, National, and International News and Stories.FBI-Led Operation in Nigeria Leads to Sextortion Arrests
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The FBI and partners from Canada, Australia, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom conducted a first-of-its kind operation in Nigeria that resulted in arrests of 22 Nigerian subjects.No publisherPartnershipsVictim Services DivisionInternationalFinancial SextortionNigeriaCrimes Against Children2025-04-24T08:00:00ZStoryCelebrating 45 Years of FBI Joint Terrorism Task Forces
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The FBI’s New York Office in 1980 created the Bureau’s first Joint Terrorism Task Force. Today, the model that began as a local solution to a local problem has spread across the country.No publisher2025-04-21T07:00:00ZStory30th Anniversary of Oklahoma City Bombing
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Thirty years ago, a homegrown terrorist exploded a bomb at a federal building in Oklahoma City killing 168 people, the worst act of homegrown terrorism in the nation’s history.No publisherOklahoma City Bombing AnniversaryOklahoma City2025-04-18T08:30:00ZStoryHow the FBI’s Victim Services Division Supports Survivors of Crime
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Each April, during National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the FBI and our partners come together to educate the public about resources available to victims of crime. In honor of this week’s commemoration, here’s a look at how different parts of the FBI Victim Services Division team uniquely support crime victims.No publisherVictim Services DivisionNational Crime Victims Rights Week2025-04-08T13:00:00ZStoryFBI Recovers Money Swindled from Kansas Bank's Investors
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After the failure of a small-town bank cost investors more than $8.2 million, an FBI investigation helped victims get back nearly all their funds.No publisherKansas CityWhite-Collar Crime2025-03-26T09:00:00ZStory75th Anniversary of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List
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For 75 years, the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list has helped the FBI track and capture some of the most elusive and dangerous criminals in history. The list serves as a testament to the Bureau's commitment to bringing criminals, especially the most violent and dangerous offenders, to justice.No publisherTen Most Wanted Fugitives2025-03-14T07:43:00ZStoryNew FBI Director Takes Oath of Office
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On February 21, Kash Patel was sworn in as the ninth Director of the FBI in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Attorney General Pamela Bondi administered the oath of office.No publisherDirector PatelDirector/FBI Leadership2025-02-25T14:30:00ZStoryFBI Columbia Investigation Leads to Conviction in Widespread Real Estate Fraud Scheme
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A man who orchestrated a real estate fraud scheme that defrauded 40 victims of $2 million has been sentenced to more than six years in prison.No publisherReal Estate FraudColumbiaWhite-Collar Crime2025-02-25T03:30:00ZStoryA Secret in South Philly
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On February 19, 2005, young couple Danielle Imbo and Richard “Rich” Petrone left a cheerful, informal get-together with friends at a Philadelphia bar and seemingly disappeared into the night, never to be seen again.No publisherPhiladelphia2025-02-20T09:23:00ZStoryOperation Level-Up: How the FBI Is Saving Victims from Cryptocurrency Investment Fraud
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Through Operation Level Up—a proactive initiative to identify and notify victims of cryptocurrency investment fraud—the FBI is trying to save victims from losing their hard-earned money.No publisherCryptocurrencyInvestment Fraud2025-02-13T12:30:00ZStoryFBI Jacksonville's Historic Search for Justice
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FBI Jacksonville's Evidence Response Team in 2020 recovered the remains of a missing Florida woman, marking the FBI's first successful landfill search for covered remains.No publisherJacksonvilleEvidence Response TeamFBI Laboratory2025-02-11T02:30:00ZStoryFausto Isidro Meza-Flores Added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List
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The FBI added Fausto Isidro Meza-Flores to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.No publisherTop Ten FugitiveTen Most Wanted FugitivesMost WantedViolent CrimesWashingtonViolent CrimeOrganized Crime2025-02-04T01:30:00ZStory'Keeping America Left-of-Boom Safe'
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WMD coordinators 'keeping America left-of-boom safe' through outreach and training with first responders, law enforcement partners, and industry leaders in their communities.No publisherWeapons of Mass DestructionAlbany2025-01-29T02:30:00ZStoryThe FBI’s Counterterrorism Division Turns 25
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November 21 marks the 25th anniversary of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, or CTD. In the time since its creation, the division has worked to counter the constantly evolving threat of terrorism at home and abroad.No publisherNational SecurityCounterterrorism2024-11-21T15:00:00ZStoryOnline Platform Provides Current Data on Law Enforcement Suicides
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An FBI database established in 2021 to help prevent law enforcement suicides and increase awareness and understanding of the occurrences is now online.No publisherCJISPartnership2024-11-15T11:17:00ZStory