| Criminal Prosecutions from the Veterans Administration |
| (02 Apr 2018)
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during February 2018 the government reported 17 new prosecutions referred by the Veterans Administration (VA).
According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is down from 22 the previous month. When monthly 2018 prosecutions of this type are compared with those of the same period in the previous year, the number of filings was down 17 percent. Prosecutions over the past year are also much lower than they were five years ago. Overall, the data show that prosecutions of this type are down 31 percent from levels reported in 2013.
Adding up prosecutions for each of the first five months of FY 2018 there have been 132 prosecutions filed on criminal referrals from the Veterans Administration. Many of these were for minor offenses such as disorderly conduct, parking violations, or driving while intoxicated while on VA property. Only 9 out of the 132 were for drug offenses, and just 2 for weapons offenses. During these past five months there had also been 106 convictions. The majority (65) received no prison time. The average prison sentence was 9 months. To read the full report, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/crim/505/ In addition to these most recent overall figures, TRAC continues to offer free monthly reports on selected government agencies such as the FBI, ATF, DHS and the IRS. TRAC's reports also monitor program categories such as official corruption, drugs, weapons, white collar crime and terrorism. For the latest information on prosecutions and convictions through February 2018, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/ Even more detailed criminal enforcement information for the period from FY 1986 through January 2018 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. If you want to be sure to receive notifications whenever updated data become available, sign up at: http://tracfed.syr.edu/cgi-bin/tracuser.pl?pub=1&list=imm or follow us on Twitter @tracreports or like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/tracreports TRAC is self-supporting and depends on foundation grants, individual contributions and subscription fees for the funding needed to obtain, analyze and publish the data we collect on the activities of the US Federal government. To help support TRAC's ongoing efforts, go to: http://trac.syr.edu/cgi-bin/sponsor/sponsor.pl |
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