Exam 14: Investigating and Prosecuting Organized Crime

Federalism provides a level of inefficiency that handicaps efforts to deal with organized criminal activity. ​

The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that no person "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." This is an important protection for the individual against the coercive powers of the state, and it can be partially neutralized by a grant of ___________________. ​

Which agency acts as a central repository for professional and technical expertise on transnational organized crime and as a clearinghouse for the collection, collation, analysis, and dissemination of information relating to organized crime and criminal organizations? ​

Which organization is the largest inspector general's office in the federal government, with more than 1,700 employees dedicated to combating fraud, waste, and abuse and to improving the efficiency of programs? ​

Which department's primary responsibility is the collection of revenues due to the federal government? ​

The Fourth Amendment and the exclusionary rule do not govern seizure of evidence from U.S. citizens in foreign countries by those nations' police.

Which law enforcement strategy requires officers/agents to seek out indications of criminal behavior? ​

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, lawsuits were brought against law enforcement intelligence units who were maintaining files on people absent evidence of criminality. ​

The Department of Justice is headed by which official?

The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives agencies are part of which federal government agency? ​

The right to remain silent is a U.S. Constitutional right guaranteed under which amendment? ​

Office of the Inspector General special agents of the Division of Labor Racketeering conduct investigations in three general areas. Which of the following is NOT one of those areas?

Which branch of the government is responsible for trying organized crime? ​

The Customs Service and Border Protection (CBP)is a part of which federal department?

In intelligence gathering, an analyst uses the methods of social science research, and central to this approach is the _____________. ​

In the wake of the Reconstruction era, when the Union Army occupied the states of the Confederacy, Congress enacted which 1878 act that prohibited the U.S. Army from performing civilian law enforcement? ​

Which restraint on law enforcement restrains the United States from compelling foreign nations' police to comply with the Fourth Amendment and the exclusionary rule when seizing evidence from U.S. citizens abroad? ​

Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE)is an agency of which federal department?

The most important task for the U.S. Marshals that is related to organized crime is the responsibility for administering the ______________ program. ​

The ______________________________ mandates telecommunication companies' cooperation when law enforcement engages in a wiretap. ​