Federal Prosecutions Resulting from ATF Criminal Referrals: 1992 - 2002

Lead Charge	Fiscal Year											1997 vs. 2002
	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
18 USC 922:   firearms-illegal procedures	2,639	2,526	2,281	2,185	1,867	1,777	2,280	2,914	3,629	4,100	5,390	up 282%
18 USC 924:   firearms-knowing false statements	881	692	597	548	235	167	248	309	345	377	459
26 USC 5861:   machine guns, other devices-prohibited acts	546	360	284	266	234	196	164	160	190	220	253
Other weapons charges   (under Title 18 and 26)*	42	37	20	29	22	25	18	14	9	6	6
Weapons Subtotal	4,108	3,615	3,182	3,028	2,358	2,165	2,710	3,397	4,173	4,703	6,108
18 USC 844   explosives-illegal actions-penalties	113	110	104	121	97	107	107	78	91	89	93	down 7%
other-explosives**	61	65	54	55	45	53	28	28	47	34	53
drug charges   (Title 21)	1,569	1,454	1,244	1,568	970	834	535	557	635	788	885
18 USC 371   conspiracy to defraud the U.S.	146	141	158	142	122	84	94	59	41	89	72
all other charges	190	242	241	246	266	376	223	163	235	316	252
Other Subtotal	2,079	2,012	1,801	2,132	1,500	1,454	987	885	1,049	1,316	1,355

  * Includes: 18 USC 921, 18 USC 923, 18 USC 925 - 930, 18 USC 1715, 26 USC 5811 - 5812, 26 USC 5821 - 5822,
   26 USC 5841 - 5842, 26 USC 5844 - 5845, 26 USC 5848, 26 USC 5871 - 5872.

  **Includes: 18 USC 841 - 843, 18 USC 845 - 848.

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