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Investigative Areas Task Forces Organized Crime/Drugs and Violent Street Gangs

The FBI employs a global and multi-jurisdictional investigative approach to address organized crime/drug trafficking organizations. Organized crime/drug trafficking organizations and major violent street gangs are often interrelated in that many organized criminal groups are drawn to the lucrative profits associated with illegal drug trafficking.

FBI organized crime investigations focus on the Russian/Eurasian Organized Crime groups and Asian Criminal Enterprises. FBI drug investigations focus on Mexican drug trafficking organizations and significant regional drug trafficking organizations.

FBI violent street gang investigations focus on major street gangs who traffic in large amounts of illegal drugs, utilize violence to control territory, threaten witnesses, and have a multi-state nexus.

The FBI's global investigative approach addresses the entire spectrum of an organization's criminal activity, including murder, extortion, kidnaping, drug trafficking, money laundering, and public corruption. These investigations are more effective when they are supported by a comprehensive intelligence base and are conducted in unison with other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The most serious drug trafficking threats in Nebraska and Iowa emanates from Mexico. To address this threat, FBI Omaha combines its resources with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies utilizing the task force concept in order to maximize the impact on the target criminal organizations.

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White Collar Crime

White Collar Crime encompasses criminal violations which include corruption, financial frauds, and government frauds. These crimes result in billions of dollars in losses each year.  The Omaha Division works closely with state, local and other federal agencies in various task forces and working group in this area including the Financial Institution Fraud Working Group and the Nebraska Health Care Task Force.

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Violent Crime

Violent crime matters involve threatened or actual injury or loss of life. This includes cases of kidnapping, crimes against children, extortion, bank robbery, crimes on Indian reservations, domestic terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Our division conducts regular reevaluations of resources addressing violent crimes and adjusts those priorities based on the local crime problem. Included in and foremost in violent crimes is the Domestic Terrorism Program which investigates threats involving atomic energy, weapons of mass destruction, sabotage, hostage-taking, and civil unrest.

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National Foreign Counterintelligence

To deal effectively with domestic and international terrorism, the FBI must concentrate on both prevention and response. The FBI's counterterrorism strategy is focused upon five interrelated elements to build and maintain an operational capacity for identifying, preventing, deterring, and investigating terrorist activities. First, the FBI must have the capacity to respond to acts of terrorism committed in the U.S. and abroad when those acts are directed against the US government or its interests. Second, the FBI must have the capacity to receive, react to, and disseminate counterterrorism information. Third, the FBI must develop its internal capacities to support proactive counterterrorism programs and initiatives. Fourth, the FBI must have the capacity to establish and maintain sound and productive relationships with other domestic and foreign law enforcement and intelligence counterparts. Fifth, the FBI must have the capacity to use all of the necessary assets and capabilities of the FBI and other US government agencies to support and initiate complex investigations and operations against domestic and international terrorists and terrorist organizations.

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National Infrastructure Protection and Computer Intrusion

Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) 63, "Critical Infrastructure Protection," signed by the President in May 1998, assigns the FBI and the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), located at FBI Headquarters with the duty as the focal point for gathering information on threats to the national infrastructure. Critical infrastructure includes such components as the nation's power grids and power-supply systems, transportation control systems, money transfer and accounting systems, defense related systems and telecommunications networks. Our division investigates cyber-based attacks, primarily unauthorized access (intrusion) and denial of service, directed at the major components of this country's critical information, military and economic infrastructures.

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Civil Rights 

Our division review each civil rights complaint on an individual basis for applicability to Federal Civil Rights statutes, and make a determination as to whether the facts presented merits a federal criminal investigation. The Civil Rights Program includes violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. The program also oversees police brutality and housing discrimination matters, and most recently, the Civil Rights Program was charged with enforcing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which bars conduct that would obstruct access to reproductive health facilities.

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The FBI Omaha task forces in Nebraska and Iowa are as follows and comprised of the following agencies:

Omaha Metropolitan Area Drug and Gang Task Force
Omaha, Nebraska

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III Corps Task Force
Fremont, Nebraska

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Lincoln/Lancaster Drug Task Force
Lincoln, Nebraska

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Tri-City Federal Drug Task Force
Grand Island, Nebraska

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Western Nebraska Intelligence and Narcotics Group (WING)
Gering, Nebraska

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North Central Drug Task Force
Waterloo, Iowa

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Tri-County Drug Task Force
Waterloo, Iowa

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DEA Task Force
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Dubuque Task Force
Dubuque, Iowa

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Quad Cities Gang Task Force
Moline, Illinois

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Tri-State Drug Task Force
Sioux City, Iowa Nebraska Health Care Task Force

The Omaha Division of the FBI is an active participant of the Nebraska Health Care Task Force (NHCTF). The task force is comprised of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, state and federal prosecutors, state and federal regulatory agencies, and representatives from government and private pay insurance companies. The task force addresses criminal and civil investigations in the area of health care fraud as well as regulatory issues which are investigated by the state. The cooperative efforts of the NHCTF has resulted in the ability to address all facets of health care fraud to include false claims, fraudulent billings and quality of care issues.

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Financial Institution Fraud Working Group

The Financial Institution Fraud Working Group was established in 1997. The Group consists of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies as well as financial institutions. The law enforcement portion of the group has investigators and prosecutors on a federal and local level coordinate efforts to identify current crime problems and prosecute them accordingly. The financial institutions are represented by Fraud Investigators for each institution. These meetings assist agencies and/or departments as well as the financial institutions in identifying resources and current issues as well as coordinating investigative efforts to avoid duplication of work.

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Omaha Area Fugitive Task Force (OAFTF)
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