Specific Statutory Lead Charge on
Nontax Prosecutions Resulting from IRS Criminal Referrals

Fiscal Year Total Nontax
Prosecutions
Money
Laundering
(18 USC 1956)
Drugs
(Title 21)
Currency
Regulation
(Title 31)
Other
Nontitle 26
Lead Charge
1980
366
0
0
0
366
1981
433
0
31
7
395
1982
548
0
15
11
522
1983
844
0
94
27
723
1984
829
0
44
17
768
1985
722
0
65
16
641
1986
842
0
100
50
692
1987
723
1
46
70
606
1988
827
11
95
53
668
1989
877
35
97
141
604
1990
1,283
98
185
226
774
1991
1,464
146
292
191
835
1992
1,682
205
316
213
948
1993
1,705
247
340
190
928
1994
1,481
239
240
132
870
1995
1,419
227
234
86
872
1996
1,272
251
151
75
795
1997
1,396
196
208
33
959
1998
1,127
174
281
48
624
1999
989
202
213
31
543
2000
809
144
143
19
503
2001
712
163
131
26
392
2002
667
150
91
31
395
2003 (first 4 months)
249
43
49
4
153

Source: TRAC analysis of Justice Department records.



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