Welcome to the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
200 McCarty Avenue, Albany, New York 12209 Telephone: (518) 465-7551 Fax: (518) 431-7463
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Welcome to the Albany Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 200 McCarty Avenue, Albany, New York 12209 Telephone: (518) 465-7551 Fax: (518) 431-7463 |
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Investigative Programs COUNTERTERRORISM The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over terrorist acts committed within the United States and against American citizens and facilities overseas. The FBI's Counterterrorism Division also collects, analyzes, and shares critical information and intelligence with the proper authorities to combat terrorism. As an important component to this mission, the FBI investigates matters involving the use or threats to use weapons of mass destruction including biological, chemical, and nuclear threats. In order to adequately respond to a potential terrorist threat, the FBI and other members of the law enforcement community coordinate terrorist-related matters through established Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTFs). By integrating the investigative resources of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, these JTTFs represent an effective response to the threats posed to U.S. communities by domestic and international terrorists.
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE The FBI is the only federal agency with a mandate to investigate foreign counterintelligence cases within U.S. borders. The FBI has the principal authority to monitor and neutralize foreign intelligence operations against the U.S. and to investigate violations of federal laws against espionage, misuse of classified data, and other criminal matters relating to national security issues. Albany Division's Foreign Counterintelligence Program is responsible for the Domain Program, including the Business and Academic Alliances, and the InfraGard Program. Each of these programs is a way to discuss national security concerns with the private sector, academia, and other U.S. Government partners in combatting foreign intelligence collection, cyber intrusions, economic espionage, theft of trade secrets, and loss of intellectual property. Domain Program The FBI's Domain Program provides unclassified national security threat and warning information to U.S. corporations, law enforcement and government agencies, and academic institutions. The goal of the domain program is the better protection of U.S. Technology and Critical National Assets. The development of relevant leads that lead to Investigations and operations and intelligence that identify, neutralize and/or exploit foreign counter intelligence collection threats. Building relationships with USG contractors and critical R&D facilities, to include college and universities through education, information sharing, vulnerability assessments, enhance cooperation and CI working groups. InfraGard InfraGard is an information sharing and analysis effort serving the interests and combining the knowledge base of a wide range of members. It is a cooperative undertaking between the U.S. Government (led by the FBI and the NIPC) and an association of businesses, academic institutions, state and local law enforcement agencies, and other participants dedicated to increasing the security of U.S. critical infrastructures. InfraGard provides a mechanism for the public and private sectors to exchange information pertaining to cyber intrusion matters, computer network vulnerabilities and physical threats on infrastructures. The goal of InfraGard is to enable information flow so that the owners and operators of infrastructure assets can better protect themselves and so that the United States government can better discharge its law enforcement and national security responsibilities.
CYBERCRIMES The FBI plays two important roles in protecting cyberspace: 1) the FBI is the lead law enforcement agency for detecting and defeating cyber-based attacks against the nation's critical infrastructures by foreign adversaries and terrorists; and 2) the FBI works to prevent criminals, sexual predators, and those intent on malicious destruction from using the Internet and on-line services to steal from, defraud, and otherwise victimize citizens, businesses, and communities. Investigations can include unauthorized access (hacking) violations, denial of service attacks, Internet fraud schemes, malicious code (virus and worms), or copyright violations. Internet Fraud Complaint Center The FBI's Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) serves as a clearinghouse for the receipt, analysis, and dissemination of complaints concerning frauds perpetrated via the Internet. It provides a single point of contact for consumers and businesses to file a fraud complaint via e-mail. The IFCC uses the complaint information to identify Internet crime trends, quantify fraud patterns, and to provide statistical data of current fraud trends. If you have been a victim of fraud while conducting business or other activity on the Internet, you may file a complaint with the IFCC at http://www.ifccfbi.gov. Crimes Against Children The FBI is responsible for investigating crimes involving child victims, such as kidnappings, sexual assaults, sexual exploitation of children, and international parental kidnappings. As part of the FBI's Innocent Images National Initiative to prevent child pornography and child sexual exploitation committed via the Internet and on-line services, The Albany Field Office formed a multi-agency task force known as the Capital Region Cyber Predator Task Force (CRCPTF) interstate travel for sexual activity with a minor facilitated by the use of an online computer, and sexual exploitation of children facilitated by an online computer. investigates possession, production, and/or distribution of child pornography facilitated by an online computer. If you have information about a website which publishes or promotes child pornography, please contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at http://www.ncmec.org. If you have information about a minor who has been a victim of sexual exploitation or other type of criminal act, please contact your local FBI office or police department. Please DO NOT SEND AN E-MAIL. The Albany Field Office of the FBI can be reached at (518)-465-7551.
WHITE-COLLAR CRIME The FBI investigates white-collar criminal activities, such as money laundering, securities and commodities fraud, bank fraud and embezzlement, environmental crimes, fraud against the government, health care fraud, election law violations, copyright violations, and telemarketing fraud. In the health care fraud area, the FBI targets systemic abuses, such as large-scale billing fraud and fraudulent activities that threaten the safety of patients. The FBI pursues financial institution fraud involving losses exceeding $100,000. In cases of telemarketing and insurance fraud, the FBI will generally become involved where there is evidence of nationwide or international criminal activities. White-collar crimes are characterized by deceit, concealment, or violation of trust and which are not dependent upon the application or threat of physical force or violence. These acts are committed by individuals and organizations to obtain money, property, or services, to avoid the payment or loss of money or services, or to secure personal or business advantage. Public
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VIOLENT CRIME The FBI investigates crime problems that pose major threats to the integrity of American society, such as bank robberies, kidnappings, interstate transportation of stolen property and motor vehicles, assaults and threats of assault on federal officials, theft or destruction of government property, and fugitive matters.
ORGANIZED CRIME The FBI targets entire organizations responsible for a variety of criminal activities instead of focusing on individual crimes. The mission of the FBI's Organized Crime Program is to eliminate structured criminal groups that pose the greatest threat to American society. Gangs / Criminal Enterprise The mission of the FBI Americas Criminal Enterprise Section is to disrupt and dismantle the domestic cells (local, regional, national, and transnational) of Criminal Enterprises (CEs) which pose the greatest threats to the economic and national security of the United States (U.S.). This will be accomplished through the FBI’s Safe Streets and Violent Gang Program; through Major Theft Initiatives; and, through increased involvement in the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Program and, support and leadership of High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) initiatives These criminal enterprises include traditional, well-entrenched organizations such as La Cosa Nostra and Italian Organized Crime, Eurasian Organized Crime, African Criminal Enterprises, and Asian Criminal Enterprises. The FBI's mission is accomplished through sustained, coordinated investigations and the use of racketeering charges also known as RICO. The implementation and maintenance of task force components, such as the Safe Streets and Violent Crimes Task Force, allow The Albany Field Office to address violent criminal street gang activity across a large geographic area. Bank Robberies The FBI is responsible for investigating robberies of federally insured financial institutions. The FBI is responsible for entering all bank robberies into a national database. With this in mind, the FBI is involved in all bank robberies that occur in the territory. On bank robberies are prosecuted on both the federal and state level, depending upon the severity of the crime. Drugs The FBI investigates national and transnational drug organizations that manufacture, transport and sell illegal drugs. The mission of The Albany Field Office drug program is to dismantle drug trafficking organizations operating in the greater Capital District area. To accomplish this mission, three objectives must be met: 1) the
organization's leaders must be completely incapacitated; The Albany Field Office has extensive liaison within the federal, state and local law enforcement community in regard to drug investigations. One tool used in the fight against the local drug problem is the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) In 1982 the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Program was created to merge federal, state and local investigative and prosecutorial efforts in order to expand and intensify the U.S. Government's counter-drug mission. This federally directed, nationwide drug enforcement initiative was established to provide the Departments of Justice (DOJ), Treasury and Homeland Security (formerly Transportation), with the supplemental funding and organizational framework to collaboratively conduct complex, long-term investigations against major drug trafficking organizations that otherwise could not be fully pursued. The Albany Division participates in the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program throughout its territory. Consistent with the overall goal of Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), Albany utilizes its resources to target signification local, national and international drug trafficking organizations.
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