Go to the homepage for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs and find the July 2003 Bureau of Justice Statistics’ Special Report on “Money Laundering Offenders, 1994–2001.” It can be found at bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=790. Read the report and answer the following questions:
1. Which federal judicial district had the “largest number of matters referred with money laundering as most serious charge” in 2001? How many money laundering matters were referred in that district?
2. Within the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Treasury, what are some of the investigative agencies that look into money laundering?
3. What are the main money laundering and related federal legislation acts in the United States?
4. What is the total number of cases adjudicated in U.S. district court with money laundering as the most serious offense in 2001? What percent of those cases led to a conviction? What was the average prison sentence imposed for defendants convicted of money laundering?