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  • Photo of a woman looking worried and biting at her fingernails

    Understanding The Victim Notification System And Crime Victims’ Safety

    December 17th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer In 1993, a woman from Kentucky, Mary Byron, was raped, assaulted, and stalked by her ex-boyfriend, who was then arrested for those crimes. Unfortunately, he was released from jail when someone posted his bail. A short while after,...

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  • DOJ Addresses Rise In Criminal Conduct On Flights This Holiday Season

    November 26th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Millions are set to travel across the nation, and the world, on board commercial aircrafts this holiday season. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is concerned that it could also bring about a rise in criminal behavior occurring on...

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  • Justice Department Stepping Up Firepower To Combat Cyber Crime

    November 4th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The Department of Justice (DOJ) is stepping up its firepower in the fight against the rapidly growing threat of ransomware attacks and cybercrime. This news comes as President Joe Biden's administration escalates its response to what it considers...

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  • The Battle Against America’s Drug Abuse Crisis: A Round-up Of Recent Announcements

    November 2nd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Deepti Govind The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), along with its law enforcement partners, said it removed nearly 745,000 lbs of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country under its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day program, which was held on...

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    All About The FBI’s Identity History Summary Checks

    October 29th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer If you are planning to apply for a new job, especially a federal one, or are planning to foster or adopt a child, or are considering other similar new opportunities or decisions in your life, it's very likely...

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  • DOJ-Led Operation Collars 150 Darknet Drug Traffickers Worldwide

    October 27th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Tuesday, Oct. 26, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the results of a massive ten-month, multinational, multi-agency operation (called “Dark HunTor”), which included over 150 arrests across the world and the seizure of 45 weapons, 234 kgs...

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  • Inmate Population In Indian Country Jails Declined 30% At Mid-2020 Due To The Pandemic

    October 22nd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The inmate population at Indian country jails fell 30% at mid-year 2020 to a total of 2,020 inmates held in 82 jails, from 2,890 inmates held in 83 facilities at mid-year 2019, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...

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  • DOJ Submits Comprehensive Report To Congress On Initiatives To Tackle Elder Abuse And Fraud

    October 20th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Biometrica staffer On Tuesday, Oct. 19, the Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted its annual Activities to Combat Elder Fraud and Abuse report to Congress, covering all efforts on this front between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. The summarizing report...

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  • Representative photo of a police car on a street | Photo by Matt Popovich on Unsplash

    Community Policing: An Introduction

    October 13th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer A majority of contacts between law enforcement officers (LEO) and the public only happens during emergencies, or situations that are highly charged and emotional. But these are not the most ideal circumstances for LEOs and the community they...

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  • DOJ, DHS Raise Cyberattack Reporting Requirements For Critical Infrastructure Sectors

    October 7th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The federal government is systematically clamping down on lax cyberattack reporting by critical infrastructure companies in the private sector by tightening the standards that govern when they have to report to federal authorities that they have been the...

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  • National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Kicks Off With Over $476M In Office On Violence Against Women Grants

    October 6th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Department of Justice (DOJ) is kicking that off by announcing more than $476 million in Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) grants, it said in a statement on Tuesday,...

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  • Justice Department Metes Out Awards Of Nearly $187 Million to Support Community Safety

    September 27th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded almost $187 million to support state, local, and tribal public safety and community justice activities through the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), a component of the department’s Office of Justice Programs...

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  • Justice Department Announces Reforms In Oversight Of Local Police

    September 14th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer At an annual meeting of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) on Sept. 13, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the results of Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta’s review of the use of monitors in civil...

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  • Former NFL Stars Plead Guilty To Healthcare Fraud

    September 8th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Three ex-NFL stars have pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a media release on Tuesday, Sept. 7. Clinton Portis and Tamarick Vanover, entered their pleas on Sept. 3 while Robert McCune did so...

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    From Combating Hate To Gun Tracing: A Status Check Of Crime-Related Bills In 2021

    September 2nd, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer In March, Biometrica did a round-up of some of the key crime, prison, and law enforcement bills with most support in the House in 2021 up to that point. Today, we pick a few crime-related bills in the...

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  • Representative photo of a dog behind bars | Photo by Valerie Blanchett on Unsplash

    The Insidious Link Between Animal Cruelty And Violent Crimes Against Humans

    August 18th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Deepti Govind Historically, animal cruelty was considered an isolated issue — one that didn't really harm the human population. As a result, perhaps, the process of recognizing animal cruelty as a serious violent offense in and of itself developed only slowly...

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  • Law Enforcement Officers Feloniously Killed So Far In 2021 Almost At Par With 2020’s Total Count

    August 12th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer In the first seven months of 2021, there were 44 law enforcement officers (LEOs) who were feloniously killed. That number is just two away from the 46 officers who were reported as being killed feloniously in all of...

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    Hate Crime Investigations Declined During 2015-19, But Conviction Rates Shot Up

    July 12th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer A total of 1,864 suspects in matters involving violations of federal hate crime statutes were investigated by U.S. attorneys during the fiscal years 2005 to 2019, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said in a report published last...

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  • Attorney General Stays All Federal Executions, Pending Policy Audit

    July 2nd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh On Thursday, July 1, Attorney General (AG) Merrick B. Garland issued an order staying all federal executions until a comprehensive review of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) policies and procedures can be completed. This is a sharp about-turn from...

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    Biden-Harris Administration Launches Comprehensive Strategy To Combat The Gun Violence Epidemic

    June 24th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer President Joe Biden has repeatedly said that the United States is experiencing an epidemic of gun violence. On Wednesday, June 23, his administration unveiled an extremely detailed plan to combat this epidemic. The Biden-Harris Comprehensive Strategy to Prevent...

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  • Besieged Maverick John McAfee Found Dead Just Hours After Spain Authorized His Extradition To The US

    June 24th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh In the late evening of Wednesday, June 23, John David McAfee, whose name is virtually synonymous with anti-virus software world over, was found unresponsive in his cell in a prison near Barcelona. He was being held there pending extradition...

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  • US Marshals’ Efforts To Protect Judiciary Severely Crippled By Staff And Funding Shortages According To Inspector General

    June 17th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Wednesday, June 16, the Justice Department’s Inspector General (IG) released an audit report about the U.S. Marshals (USMS) judicial security activities, concluding that the department “does not have the resources or proactive threat detection capabilities” needed to...

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  • Representative photo of Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn | Photo by WikiImages | Pixabay

    Art Crime: An Introduction To The Multi-Billion Dollar Global Enterprise

    June 16th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Deepti Govind "The true art in art theft is not in the stealing, it’s in the selling," Robert Wittman, who led the FBI’s Art Crime Team, told NBC News after the discovery of two stolen paintings by Dutch master Vincent van...

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  • Biden Administration Creates Framework To Abate Swell Of Violent Extremism And Domestic Terrorism

    June 16th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh On Tuesday, June 15, the White House published the first-ever “National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism,” an all-government framework devised to combat what President Joe Biden deemed “the most urgent terrorism threat the United States faces today.” The National...

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  • Amid All The Ransomware Attacks, The Scope Of The Unnoticed Pulse Connect Hack Is Just Starting To Show

    June 15th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer It was in April that cybersecurity firm FireEye said on its Threat Research Blog that Chinese hackers suspected to be state-backed had exploited widely used networking devices for months to spy on dozens of high-value government, defense industry,...

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  • INTERPOL Takes Down Record Number Of Fake Online Pharmacies Looking To Cash In On Pandemic

    June 10th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer INTERPOL announced on June 8 that it had succeeded in taking down a “record number” of fraudulent online pharmacies and arresting 277 people worldwide with the help of law enforcement, customs and health regulatory authorities in 92 countries....

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  • DOJ Issues Model ‘Red Flag’ Gun-Removal Laws That States Can Use As Blueprint

    June 8th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Monday, June 7, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued model legislation for states to use as a blueprint to create their own extreme risk protection order (or ERPO) gun removal laws — sometimes called "red flag" laws...

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  • Models of different types of guns on display | © Feng Hui, Dreamstime.com

    A First Since 1968. DOJ Proposes New Regulation To Update Definition Of Firearms

    May 10th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica Staffer On April 8, speaking from the Rose Garden less than 24 hours after another mass shooting, President Joe Biden announced an initial set of measures to take on what he called “an epidemic” of gun violence. He stated that...

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  • MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Murder, Attempted Murder

    May 7th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Moises Alexis Reyes-Canales of Maryland pled guilty on May 6 to charges of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise that involved the murder of one person and the attempted murder of two others in Annapolis. Reyes-Canales, 23, aka...

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  • In July 2020, the Department of Justice established the first of seven cold case teams dedicated to reviewing cases related to missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. This is a map of the cities where they were established.

    Interior Secretary Haaland Establishes Unit To Track Missing And Murdered American Indians And Alaska Natives

    April 2nd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Kadambari M. Wade On April 1, 15 days after she assumed office as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary Deb Haaland announced the formation of a new Missing & Murdered Unit (MMU) within the Bureau of Indian Affairs...

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  • A red dress with the text "Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women" hangs at a Vancouver art memorial to honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in the U.S. and Canada.

    Missing And Murdered Indigenous Persons: Is Change Finally On Its Way?

    February 16th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Kadambari Wade On Feb. 1, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) published the first of two issues of their Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice focused on missing or murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives. This was part of...

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  • DoJ sues Alabaman housing authority for racial discrimination

    December 1st, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The Housing Authority of Ashland, Alabama, violated the Fair Housing Act by intentionally discriminating on the basis of race or color against applicants for housing, the US Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit. In its lawsuit, the...

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  • Six arrested for conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor

    October 8th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Six men were arrested and charged federally with conspiring to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. They planned to kidnap Whitmer from her vacation home in the Western...

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  • DoJ charges over 500 domestic violence-related firearm cases in FY20

    October 7th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The US Department of Justice has charged over 500 domestic violence cases involving firearms during fiscal year 2020, it said in a statement. These charges are the result of the critical law enforcement partnership between U.S. Attorneys’ Offices...

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  • DoJ awards over $1.8B in grants to victims of crimes

    October 6th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The US Department of Justice has awarded over $1.8 billion in grants to assist victims of crime nationwide, it said in a statement. These grants were released by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), a component of...

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  • DoJ awards over $92M to support reintegration of offenders

    September 29th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The US Department of Justice announced awards of over $92 million to reduce recidivism among adults and juvenile offenders returning to their communities after confinement. Recidivism is the inclination of a convicted criminal to reoffend. The awards were...

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