The FBI investigates a wide range of criminal activity, including federal crimes and threats to national security, as well as gathering intelligence and assisting other law enforcement agencies. The FBIs investigative programs include:
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Counterterrorism: Investigating and preventing terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.
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Counterintelligence: Investigating foreign intelligence activities within the United States.
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Cyber: Investigating cyber crimes, including hacking, identity theft, and other online criminal activity.
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Public Corruption: Investigating corruption by public officials, including border corruption, election crimes, international corruption, and prison corruption.
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Civil Rights: Enforcing civil rights law and investigating hate crimes, color of law abuses by public officials, human trafficking and involuntary servitude, and freedom of access to clinic entrances violations.
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Organized Crime: Investigating and eliminating transnational organized crime groups that pose a threat to national and economic security.
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Violent Crime: Combating violent crime involving gangs, crimes against children, Indian Country crime, and other violent offenses.
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White-Collar Crime: Investigating white-collar crime, including fraud, embezzlement, and insider trading.
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Weapons of Mass Destruction: Investigating and preventing incidents involving nuclear, radiological, biological, or chemical weapons.
The FBIs investigative philosophy emphasizes close relations and information sharing with other federal, state, local, and international law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The FBIs highly trained personnel use intelligence, science, technology, and other tools to investigate federal crimes and terrorism.
