G. Crimes Affecting the Health and Safety of the General Public Discharge of toxic, hazardous or carcinogenic waste in excess of federal statutory or regulatory limits Life-endangering violations of health and safety provisions and regulations pertaining to food, drugs, consumer products, nuclear power facilities and other federally regulated goods and facilities The national white collar crime law enforcement priorities will be successful in achieving these and other objectives only if the members of the federal law enforcement community modify their respective goals and procedures to encourage implementation of these priorities and to allow periodic evaluation of progress in carrying out those priorities. The following federal agencies and individuals will be primarily affected by the white collar crime priorities: 1. United States Attorneys; 2. Other Department of Justice Attorneys including attorneys in the Criminal Division, the Antitrust Division, the Tax Division, and the Land and Natural Resources Division; 3. Federal Bureau of Investigation; 4. Other major federal investigative agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the Customs Service, the Postal Inspection Service, the Secret Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission; and 5. Inspectors General and equivalents. The Deputy Attorney General, with the assistance of the Criminal Division and the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, will supervise the implementation of the national law enforcement priorities. Each of the above-listed agencies will be asked to report both current and future activity with respect to priority areas along a number of different dimensions, so that the Department can periodically assess the impact of the national and district priorities. The information the Department collected concerning white collar crime activity will be updated periodically so that national and district priorities can be reevaluated. This will be accomplished through an Information Update Request distributed to investigative agencies and others annually. B. Criminal Activity Defrauding the Government, Reducing the Effective- ness of Government Programs, and Resulting in Higher Government and n. Other federal programs for special groups or special purposes.. 4. Counterfeiting of United States currency or securities 5. Customs violations Page 23 23 23 24 24 25 25 26 Conclusion... C. Criminal Activity Victimizing Business Enterprises and Major Private 1. Bank fraud and embezzlement 2. Insurance fraud, including arson for profit 3. Copyright violations... 4. Private institution victimization generally, including looting of 26 27 27 28 30 1 5. Advance fee schemes... 30 6. Bankruptcy frauds/bust-outs. 31 7. Extortion of legitimate business by use of control over labor 3. Other investment fraud, including real estate fraud, tax shelter fraud, Ponzi schemes, etc. Conclusion.. F. Criminal Activity Victimizing Employees or Involving the Misuse of Positions of Trust in the Private Sector. . . . . 37 38 38 1. Misuse of embezzlement of union funds or union-affiliated pension and welfare funds . 2. Unlawful employee payments to secure or keep employment. Page 3. Employer payments to union officials in connection with labor- 4. Health and safety violations endangering employees. 39 40 5. Criminal acts by professionals and others in positions of special 40 G. Criminal Activity Threatening the Health and Safety of the General 41 1. Toxic, hazardous or carcinogenic wastes. 41 2. Regulatory violations affecting the health and safety of the general 42 IV. IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION A. Agencies Primarily Affected and Actions Required. 43 43 V. SUMMARY OF NATIONAL WHITE COLLAR CRIME LAW ENFORCEMENT 48 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A - Current FBI White Collar Crime Priorities and FY 1979 Resource Allocation.. 1-a Appendix B - Master List of White Collar Crimes 4-a Appendix C - FBI Field Office Survey Regarding Major White Collar Crime Problem 12-a Appendix D - Docket and Reporting System Categories of Offense Codes 16-a Appendix E - Bureau of Prisons Offense Categories and Information-Gathering System. 17-a LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Sources of Information.. Table 2 - Summary of Number of Agencies and Respondents Identifying Various Table 3 Illegal Activities Most Frequently Identified As Significant Problem Areas Page 3 11 13 |