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Tips for Law Enforcement and Financial Crimes Investigators

In today’s law enforcement environment, the mission remains the same as it always was: to protect and serve. State, city, and local police are spread thin, and any violent crime will always get attention, manpower, and any available funding. I’m not saying that is wrong (it is not); I’m just stating a fact. Putting together a financial crimes unit is not usually high on the priority list of the ivory tower or the powers that be—or, it wasn’t until someone mentioned the term asset seizure. Done appropriately, a financial crimes unit (FCU) just might pay for itself and then some. If having a full-fledged FCU is not possible, then perhaps someone could be assigned to a multi-agency ...

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