Frequently Asked Questions

Crime statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program can be found in the annual Crime in the United States report. Also visit the FBI's Crime Data Explorer, an interactive tool that presents charts and graphs that break down data in a variety of ways.

For additional data or assistance, contact the FBI's UCR division via email.

Information about U.S. efforts to combat money laundering is available on the Money Laundering section of the U.S. Department of the Treasury website. Additionally, the Department of Justice's Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section leads the agency's anti-money laundering enforcement efforts.

Information on child trafficking victims is available in Trafficking in Persons Report, a publication from the U.S. Department of State. The following websites also provide valuable resources about trafficking in children:

• Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State
• Child Sex Trafficking, National Center Missing and Exploited Children
• Child Labor, Forced Labor & Human Trafficking, U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs
• Human Trafficking Resources, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Office on Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

Also visit the Human Trafficking section of the Office for Victims of Crime website and the Human Trafficking Special Feature on our website for additional information.

Information about organized crime in different areas is available on the Transnational Organized Crime section of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) website. Also see the following National Institute of Justice (NIJ) reports for information: The Threat of Russian Organized Crime and Challenging the Russian Mafia Mystique.

For a listing of global terrorist incidents and organizations, please access the Global Terrorism Database, a resource developed by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.

Information on government efforts to combat human trafficking can be found on the following websites:

• Office of Justice Programs: Human Trafficking Special Feature
• Office for Victims of Crime: Human Trafficking
• U.S. Department of Justice: Human Trafficking
• U.S. Department of State: Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Information about the Italian mafia is available in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) online resource, Transnational Organized Crime. Additional information can be found in the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)-sponsored publication, La Cosa Nostra in the United States.

The Drug Courts Special Feature section of our website provides information and resources about drug courts. Also view Drug Courts, a resource from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Institute of Justice, and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), as well as OJJDP's In Focus: Drug Courts fact sheet.

Visit the following sites for further information on drug courts:

• National Association of Drug Court Professionals
• National Drug Court Resource Center
• Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts

The Bureau of Justice Assistance's Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program (PSOB) provides death and education benefits to survivors of fallen law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other first responders, as well as disability benefits to officers catastrophically injured in the line of duty.

Additional information regarding this program can be found on the PSOB website. If you have additional questions about the PSOB Program, contact the PSOB Office directly at [email protected] or 1-888-744-6513.