FBI Story 2019

A selection of our past year’s work as told through some of the original stories and images from our website. This inside look at our people, programs, investigations, and operations only scratches the surface of the work we highlighted online in 2019. - FBI Director Christopher A. Wray

FBI Story 2019 covers the incredible work of the dedicated investigators at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and includes a wide range of articles about how the FBI manages criminal and illegal behavior.

OUR HISTORY, OUR SERVICE CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF AFRICANAMERICAN SPECIAL AGENTS  2

ART CRIME FBI SEEKS TO IDENTIFY RIGHTFUL OWNERS IN CULTURAL ARTIFACTS CASE  4

ADDRESSING THE The FBI Story 2019 DIRECTOR DISCUSSES FBI APPROACH AT CYBERSECURITY CONFERENCE  6

FOILING AN ELDER FRAUD SCAM FORMER FBI DIRECTOR WEBSTER ASSISTS INVESTIGATION  8

RESULTS OF ELDER FRAUD SWEEP ANNOUNCED MORE THAN 2 MILLION SENIORS VICTIMIZED IN PAST YEAR  9

‘REMEMBER THIS DAY’ NATIONAL SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL & MUSEUM VISIT ADDED TO FBI AGENT AND ANALYST TRAINING 11

BURIAL PLOTS UNEARTHING STORIES FOR 20 YEARS AT THE ‘BODY FARM’ 13

OPERATION SABOTOR FEDERAL PARTNERSHIPS KEY TO DISMANTLING ONLINE DRUG MARKETS  14

DIRECTOR ADDRESSES COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS WRAY SAYS CHINA IS ‘STEALING ITS WAY UP THE ECONOMIC LADDER’ 15

A RAPID DEPLOYMENT TEAM FOR VICTIMS FBI’S VICTIMCENTERED TEAM WORKS MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS  17

CELEBRATING COMMUNITY SERVICE 2018 DIRECTOR’S COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARDS RECOGNIZED SELFLESS, CRITICAL WORK  18

STILL IN THE FIGHT THE FBI AND MARINE CORPS WOUNDED WARRIOR REGIMENT JOIN IN A DAY OF SWEAT AND NETWORKING  22

FIGHTING FOR THE DOGS CIVIL FORFEITURE SPEEDS RECOVERY FOR DOGS RESCUED FROM FIGHTING RINGS  24

OPERATION INDEPENDENCE DAY MONTHLONG SWEEP TARGETED SEX TRAFFICKERS, RECOVERY OF MINORS  27

OPERATION SUMMER A LOOK INSIDE THE FBI HONORS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM INSIDE THE FBI HONORS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 29

WORLDWIDE SWEEP TARGETS BUSINESS EMAIL COMPROMISE CRIMINAL CASES SHOW NEED TO VERIFY BEFORE WIRING FUNDS OPERATION SUMMER A LOOK  30

THE KILLING FIELDS DECADES LATER, INVESTIGATORS STILL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS IN MURDERS OF FOUR WOMEN  33

PRACTICED AND PREPARED SCENARIO TESTS FBI HOSTAGE RESCUE TEAM TRAINEES AND FIRST RESPONDERS  34

CONFESSIONS OF A KILLER FBI SEEKING ASSISTANCE CONNECTING VICTIMS TO SAMUEL LITTLE’S CONFESSIONS 37

IN YOUR COMMUNITY FBI’S MANY ‘AMBASSADORS’ ARE KEY TO OUTREACH MISSION  38

Audience: Law enforcement professionals, educators and students in the field of law enforcement and anyone seeking information about the law enforcement efforts of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation.