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Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 1998 

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST                    BJS
SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2000                         202/307-0784  
               
         
NUMBER OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
GREW 11 PERCENT IN TWO YEARS


     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of federal law
enforcement officers grew by about 8,000 men and women, or
11 percent, from June 1996 through June 1998, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced
today.  Approximately half of this growth was within the
department's Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

Federal Justice Statistics Program (FJSP)

The FJSP provides annual data on workload, activities, and outcomes associated with federal criminal cases. BJS acquires information on all aspects of processing in the federal justice system, including—

Money Laundering Offenders, 1994-2001

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EDT Bureau of Justice Statistics
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2003 Contact: Stu Smith
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OVER 18,000 CHARGED WITH FEDERAL MONEY LAUNDERING FROM 1994 THROUGH 2001