Global crime, cybercrime and terrorism in new and evermore dangerous form will threaten the safety of Americans and the security of the United States in the next century. Globalized crime knows no borders; it can undermine business competition, corrode enemies, and destabilize political systems. Cybercrime can assault any country’s physical and information infrastructure. Terrorists can kill and destroy for maximum effect. In addition, increasingly sophisticated drug trafficking uses advanced information and telecommunications technologies to import and distribute illegal drugs without detection. For the first time in recent history, a Congressional Commission has set out to study the integration of widely disparate and often conflicting issues to strengthen the law enforcement fabric of the Federal Government while protecting democracy and the rights and liberties of individual citizens. The Commission saw its role as calling the Nation’s attention to the broadest concerns in national and international law enforcement. It also urges the Nation and its Federal law enforcement establishment to break down the barriers of institutional thinking and find new ways to approach the challenges of crime in the new century. Over its 2-year tenure, the Commission met more than 20 times and took verbal and sometimes written testimony from some 70 witnesses, including two members of President Clinton’s Cabinet and numerous presidential appointees. They identified that reforms are needed in six major areas: 1) To combat global crime, cybercrime, and terrorism; 2) Make it clear that the Attorney General has broad coordinating authority for Federal law enforcement, and minimize overlap and duplication 3) Provide the intelligence and information needed to combat terrorism; 4) Make global crime a national law enforcement priority; 5) Reverse the trend toward federalization; and 6)Focus on professionalism, integrity, and accountability.

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FBI Stories for 2015 run the gamut of crime and violence that America's crime fighters face on a regular basis. The following list of stories are examples of coverage featured in this year's edition of the FBI Story, 2015: Adopt-A-School Program, Part 1: Bringing a Message of Hope to Students, Part 2, Becoming a Junior Special Agent, Part 3, "I Promise to be a Good Citizen" Armenian Criminal Enterprise Dealt Serious Blow Extreme Case of Witness Intimidation Ransomware on the Rise The Case of the Stolen Stradivarius Human Trafficking Ring Dismantled New Most Wanted Terrorist Drug Kingpin Dethroned Former Los Alamos Lab Workers Sentenced Art Crime Team Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Part 1, Part 2 Law Enforcement and Race A Ponzi Scheme Collapses Joint Effort Takes Down Detroit-Based Robbery Group Multi-State Fraudulent Document Ring Dismantled The Cyber Action Team Law Enforcement and Race: Continuing the Conversation Financial Fraud Scheme in Hollywood Leader of Violent Street Gang Going to Prison Panel Conducts Review of FBI Since 9/11 Commission Report FBI Establishes International Corruption Squads And Much More.... Other Related Publications: Promoting Effective Homicide Investigations can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/027-001-00093-9 2014 FBI Story can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/027-001-00100-5 2013 FBI Story can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/027-000-01425-9 2009 FBI Story can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/027-001-00096-3 When Your Child Is Missing: A Family Survival Guide can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/027-000-01407-1 Law Enforcement in a New Century and a Changing World: Improving the Administration of Federal Law Enforcement, Report of the Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement --print format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/020-000-00276-0 --ePub format can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/999-000-33334-5 Investigation of Allegations Related to Improper Conduct Involving Members and Current or Former House Pages: Report. December 19, 2006 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/052-071-01452-7