2023-03-24 Federal convictions for weapons
violations have undergone substantial shifts over the last four decades but continue to focus on
largely rural America.
2020-07-20 Federal criminal referrals and
prosecutions increased modestly from their abnormally depressed levels since the Trump
administration issued new guidance on Sunday evening, March 15, allowing some federal employees to
work from home.
2020-05-28 Referrals to federal prosecutors from
all the major investigative agencies fell sharply. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was least
successful in having its criminal referrals result in federal attorneys deciding to prosecute.
2020-05-20 Law enforcement agencies across the
country have been referring fewer criminal cases to federal prosecutors since the coronavirus
pandemic began. Weekly referrals for federal prosecution fell from 4,500 per week to only 1,800
during the last week of March.
2017-09-01 Drug Enforcement Administration
(9.0%) and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (6.4%) account for small proportion of
investigations leading to federal criminal convictions across all federal offenses..
2015-10-27 For federal convictons for weapons
offenses, the ATF now accounts for seven out of ten federal criminal referrals which resulted in
these convictions; DEA just 3%.