Developing enhanced investigative, intelligence and interdiction capabilities.Integrating domestic and international law enforcement intelligence with private industry information relating to IPR crime, and disseminating IPR intelligence for appropriate investigative and tactical use.Serving as a collection point for intelligence provided by private industry, as well as a channel for law enforcement to obtain cooperation from private industry (in specific law enforcement situations).government domestic and international law enforcement activities involving IPR issues. The IPR Coordination Center's responsibilities include: National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center Other Government Initiatives to Combat Cybercrime.Reporting Intellectual Property Crime: A Guide for Victims of Copyright Infringement, Trademark Counterfeiting, and Trade Secret Theft (Second Edition).Theft of trade secrets /Economic Espionage Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Reporting Intellectual Property Crime Type of CrimeĬopyright piracy (e.g., software, movie, sound recordings) Department of Homeland Security's National Infrastructure Coordinating Center: (202) 282-9201 (report incidents relating to national security and infrastructure issues).Information is analyzed and disseminated for investigative and intelligence purposes to law enforcement and for public awareness. The mission of the Internet Crime Complaint Center is to provide the public with a reliable and convenient reporting mechanism to submit information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning suspected Internet-facilitated criminal activity and to develop effective alliances with law enforcement and industry partners. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).Trafficking in explosive or incendiary devices or firearms over the Internet if securities fraud or investment-related SPAM e-mails, Securities and Exchange Commission (online complaint).Federal Trade Commission (online complaint).Immigration and Customs EnforcementĬhild Exploitation and Internet Fraud matters that have a mail nexus

To determine some of the federal investigative law enforcement agencies that may be appropriate for reporting certain kinds of crime, please refer to the following table: Type of CrimeĪppropriate federal investigative law enforcement agencies Secret Service both have headquarters-based specialists in computer intrusion (i.e., computer hacker) cases. In general, federal crime may be reported to the local office of an appropriate law enforcement agency by a telephone call and by requesting the 'Duty Complaint Agent.Įach law enforcement agency also has a headquarters (HQ) in Washington, D.C., which has agents who specialize in particular areas. Contact information regarding these local offices may be found in local telephone directories. Each of these agencies has offices conveniently located in every state to which crimes may be reported. The primary federal law enforcement agencies that investigate domestic crime on the Internet include: the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the United States Secret Service, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Reporting computer hacking, fraud and other internet-related crime

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