The U.S. Department of Justice

United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...

 Criminal Division develops, enforces, and supervises the application of all federal criminal laws in the United States, except those specifically assigned to other divisions. Criminal Division attorneys prosecute many nationally significant cases and formulate and implement criminal enforcement policy. Division attorneys also provide advice and guidance to the Attorney General of the United States, the United States Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....

, and the White House

White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...

 on matters of criminal law.

Leadership

The Criminal Division is headed by an Assistant Attorney General, appointed by the President of the United States

President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

. On April 20, 2009, President Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

 appointed Lanny A. Breuer

Lanny A. Breuer

Lanny Breuer is an American lawyer and the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.After graduating from Columbia Law School, Breuer was an assistant district attorney in Manhattan from 1985 to 1989...

 is the Assistant Attorney General

United States Assistant Attorney General

Many of the divisions and offices of the United States Department of Justice are headed by an Assistant Attorney General.The President of the United States appoints individuals to the position of Assistant Attorney General with the advice and consent of the Senate...

 for the Criminal Division.

Organization

The Criminal Division is headed by an Assistant Attorney General, who is a political appointee. The Assistant Attorney General is assisted by five Deputy Assistant Attorneys General, who are career attorneys, who each oversee a Branch of the Division. Each of the Branches consist of various sections, offices and units.

• Assistant Attorney General - Criminal Division
  • Deputy Assistant Attorney General
    • Public Integrity Section
      Public Integrity Section
      The Public Integrity Section is a section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice charged with combating political corruption at all levels of government through the prosecution of corrupt federal, state, and local elected and appointed public officials.-Administrative...
      
      
    • Organized Crime and Racketeering Section
    • Office of Enforcement Operations
  • Deputy Assistant Attorney General
    • Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section
    • Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section
  • Deputy Assistant Attorney General
    • Office of International Affairs
    • International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program
    • Office of Oversees Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training
  • Deputy Assistant Attorney General
    • Fraud Section
    • Gang Unit
    • Appellate Section
    • Capital Case Unit
  • Deputy Assistant Attorney General
    • Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
      Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section
      The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section is a section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in charge of investigating computer crime and intellectual property crime and specializing in the search and seizure of digital evidence in computers and on networks....
      
      
    • Human Rights and Special Prosections Section
    • Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
      Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section
      The Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section is a section of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice in charge of protecting the welfare of America's children and communities by enforcing federal criminal statutes relating to the exploitation of children and obscenity...
      
      
  • Chief of Staff to the Assistant Attorney General
    • Office of Administration
  • Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General
    • Office of Policy and Legislation

Reorganization

The Criminal Division's Counterterrorism and Counterespionage Sections were transferred to the National Security Division

United States Department of Justice National Security Division

The United States Department of Justice National Security Division is the division of the DOJ that handles all national security functions of the Department. Created by the 2005 USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization, the Division consolidated all of the Department's national security and intelligence...

 in 2005 with the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act

USA PATRIOT Act

The USA PATRIOT Act is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001...

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External links

• US DOJ Criminal Division home page