The FBI accomplishes its mission by prioritizing its investigations of crimes based on an overall priority ranking, as follows.
| No. | Priority Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | Protect the United States from terrorist attack |
| 2 | Protect the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage |
| 3 | Protect the United States against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes135 |
| 4 | Combat public corruption at all levels |
| 5 | Protect civil rights |
| 6 | Combat transnational/national criminal organizations and enterprises |
| 7 | Combat major white-collar crime |
| 8 | Combat significant violent crime136 |
| 9 | Support federal, state, local and international partners |
| 10 | Upgrade technology to successfully perform the FBI’s mission |
Source: FBI
Footnotes
- IINI investigates online sexual exploitation of children and is a component of the Cyber Crime Section within the Cyber Division that addresses third-ranked priority: cyber-related crimes.
- The CACU investigates crimes against children without a cyber nexus and is a component of the Violent Crimes Section within the Criminal Investigative Division that addresses eighth-ranked priority: “Combat significant violent crime.