Declining FBI Focus on White Collar Crimes


Fiscal Year
Number of
White Collar
Referrals
Percent of All
FBI Referrals
1986 12,964 28.3
1987 12,725 30.8
1988 13,888 31.8
1989 14,289 32.2
1990 15,414 35.3
1991 18,109 39.1
1992 18,956 38.6
1993 20,893 40.5
1994 18,606 39.1
1995 19,642 40.1
1996 15,485 35.3
1997 13,989 33.3
1998 13,720 32.5
1999 13,952 33.1
2000 13,472 32.8
2001 12,835 32.9
2002* 4,869 29.6

* first six months only (October 2001-March 2002)

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