Founded in 1908 as a group of bank examiners and labor law investigators, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has become one of the premier law enforcement agencies in the world. The FBI's broad mission includes investigating everything from international terrorism and organized crime to human trafficking and white-collar crime. This new book examines the FBI from its earliest days, focusing on its main areas of activity, major cases, changes in protocol, and key tools that the agency uses to accomplish its goals.Key topics covered include:
-The mission of the FBI
-The FBI laboratory
-The FBI during World War II
-Soviet espionage
-Organized crime
-White-collar crime
-Civil rights
-Domestic and international terrorism.
- ISBN10 1604136367
- ISBN13 9781604136364
- Publish Date 15 January 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 7 November 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Chelsea House Publishers
- Pages 144
- Language English