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Domestic Terror Cases Outnumbering International Two-to-One in FY 2013

(24 Apr 2013) During February 2013, there were 16 new federal criminal prosecutions for terrorism and national internal security offenses, according to the latest available data from the Justice Department. So far during fiscal year 2013 (which began October 2012), a total of 83 such cases have been filed.

These criminal prosecutions have been brought in a surprisingly large number of federal districts from all regions of the country. And at this point, domestic terrorism cases outnumber international terrorism by a factor of two-to-one. For more details, including district rankings, see the report at:

http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/terrorism/316/

TRAC continues to offer free reports on program categories such as immigration, drugs, weapons and white collar crime as well as terrorism. TRAC's reports also monitor the enforcement activities of selected government agencies such as ATF, DHS, the FBI and the IRS. For the latest information on prosecutions and convictions through February 2013, go to:

http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/

Even more detailed criminal enforcement information for the period from FY 1986 through February 2013 is available to TRACFed subscribers via the Express and Going Deeper tools. Go to http://tracfed.syr.edu for more information. Customized reports for a specific agency, district, program, lead charge or judge are available via the TRAC Data Interpreter, either as part of a TRACFed subscription or on a per-report basis. Go to http://trac.syr.edu/interpreter to start.

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