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Fourteen Gang Members And Associates From The Double Nine Grim Reapers Charged With Racketeering, Narcotics, And Firearms Offenses

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced…

‘Not a whole lot of people remember’: Notable Japanese WWII POWs once housed at Bedford Springs

By Dave Sutor – The Tribune-Democrat Hiroshi Oshima, the once-powerful Japanese ambassador to Germany, was reduced to being a prisoner of the United States by the time World War II ended — albeit one who was spending his…

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Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Delivers Remarks at the Civil Rights Division’s 65th Anniversary

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Nearly 62 years ago, James Meredith wrote to this department seeking help in overcoming the brick wall of state-sanctioned racism that blocked his admission to the University of Mississippi. He…

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Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller Delivers Remarks at the American Bankers Association Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference

Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. Thank you for that very kind introduction. In my time with you this afternoon, I’ll talk about recent and ongoing changes to the department’s policies regarding corporate criminal…

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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the Civil Rights Division's 65th Anniversary

Remarks as Delivered Thank you. Thank you, Kristen. Three months after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, Attorney General William P. Rogers made good on the Act’s authorization to establish a Civil…

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Court Issues Order Requiring Cigarette Companies to Post Corrective Statements; Resolves Historic RICO Tobacco Litigation

The Justice Department, together with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today the entry of a court order that resolves the government’s long-running civil racketeering lawsuit against the largest United States’ cigarette…