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Federal Bureau of Investigation Casework and Human Resource Allocation

Report No. 03-37
September 2003
Office of the Inspector General


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Appendix II

Examples of Major Cases

AMADO CARRILLO FUENTES INITIATIVE

  According to the FBI, the Amado Carrillo Fuentes Organization is a core level Mexican drug trafficking organization.  It has evolved its role in drug trafficking into a brokerage, directing multi-ton quantities of Medellin and Cali cocaine toward established Mexican importation and distribution organizations.
  Rank: Overall 11
  Agents 11
  Support N/A

AMERITHRAX

  In October 2001, members of Congress and the media received letters, through the postal service, containing anthrax, a deadly chemical.
  Rank: Overall 14
  Agents 14
  Support 8

AT NORTHSIDE FAMILY PLANNING SERV – VICTIM

  This investigation related to an explosive device that was detonated outside the Atlanta Northside Family Planning Center, fatally injuring an individual employed at the facility.
  Rank: Overall N/A
  Agents N/A
  Support 10

CAMPCON

  The CAMPCON investigation involves illegal campaign contributions by foreign nationals and corporations to the Democratic National Committee during the 1996 Federal elections.
  Rank: Overall 3
  Agents 7
  Support 2

CENTBOM

  CENTBOM refers to the investigation of the bombing in Centennial Park during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, which killed one individual.
  Rank: Overall 9
  Agents 9
  Support 13

COLUMBIA/HCA

  COLUMBIA/HCA involves a criminal investigation into whether the nation’s largest hospital chain over billed government health insurance programs.
  Rank: Overall N/A
  Agents N/A
  Support 14

INNOCENT IMAGES

  The INNOCENT IMAGES investigation is an undercover operation designed to identify and develop sufficient evidence to support the prosecution of individuals utilizing computer telecommunications facilities to receive and/or distribute child pornography, as well as those who use this technology to lure minors into illicit sexual relationships.
  Rank: Overall 2
  Agents 2
  Support 3

KENBOM

  This investigation related to the bombing at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.
  Rank: Overall 12
  Agents 13
  Support N/A

MOZARK

  MOZARK involves the investigation of allegations of fraud against the Small Business Administration as well as the investigation of a failed financial institution.
  Rank: Overall N/A
  Agents N/A
  Support 7

OKBOMB

  On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma exploded following the detonation of a bomb, killing 168 people.
  Rank: Overall 5
  Agents 4
  Support 4

PENTTBOMB

  PENTTBOMB refers to the investigation into the terrorist events on September 11, 2001, in which commercial airplanes were crashed into the Pentagon, the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, and a field in rural Pennsylvania.
  Rank: Overall 1
  Agents 1
  Support 1

MAJOR CASE 143

  Due to the sensitivity of this investigation, this major case cannot be described and can be referred to only by case number.
  Rank: Overall N/A
  Agents N/A
  Support 9

SANDBOMB

  In February 1998, an explosive device detonated outside the New Woman and All Women Health Care Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, fatally injuring an off-duty policeman and severely injuring a nurse employed at the facility.  According to the FBI, the investigation indicates that this bombing may be related to two other bombings claimed by the Army of God, which occurred in Atlanta, Georgia during 1997.
  Rank: Overall 8
  Agents 8
  Support 6

SPLITRAIL

  The SPLITRAIL investigation involves allegations that an Amtrak train was intentionally derailed at a remote site approximately 60 miles southwest of Phoenix, Arizona in October 1995.  One passenger was killed, 12 were injured critically, and another 100 sustained other injuries.
  Rank: Overall N/A
  Agents 15
  Support N/A

SW BORDER PROJECT/PUBLIC CORRUPTION

  This investigation involves crime along the Southwest Border of the U.S., especially drug trafficking, corruption, and auto/cargo theft.
  Rank: Overall 6
  Agents 5
  Support 11

THUNDER ROLL

  The THUNDER ROLL investigation related to the arresting of 2 suspects and seizing approximately 45 bags of evidence in August 1997, including a suicide note and a 2-page letter in Arabic containing bomb-making instructions.
  Rank: Overall 10
  Agents 10
  Support N/A

UNABOM

  Over a 17-year period, Theodore Kaczynski constructed bombs that killed 3 and injured 22 people.  He was arrested in April 1995 and pleaded guilty in January 1998.
  Rank: Overall 7
  Agents 6
  Support 12

USAMA BIN LADEN

  The investigation, opened on May 14, 1999, focused on foreign acts of terrorism around the globe, including the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Africa in 1998, attributable to Bin Laden.
  Rank: Overall 15
  Agents N/A
  Support 15

1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS

  This major case designator was used to consolidate time charged in preparation of the summer games held in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996.
  Rank: Overall 13
  Agents 12
  Support N/A

2002 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES

  The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah.  As this large, international event took place just months after the 9/11 attacks, the FBI made extensive security preparations.
  Rank: Overall 4
  Agents 3
  Support 5
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