There are lots of reasons why people want to come into the United States-work is a major one and human traffickers know this better than anyone. ...more

December 15, 2009

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is struggling to find enough agents and resources to investigate criminal wrongdoing tied to the country's economic crisis, according to current and former bureau officials. ...more

October 19, 2008

"This Land Is Their Land: Reports From A Divided Nation," by Barbara Ehrenreich (Metropolitan Books, $25) ...more

June 29, 2008

MIAMI - Authorities have arrested a Miami man they say was found with a missing 15-year-old girl from Illinois. ...more

May 23, 2008

Federal law enforcement agencies are investigating Hillsborough County's troubled Affordable Housing Office after an internal review revealed serious irregularities. ...more

May 21, 2008

In 2002, as evidence of prisoner mistreatment at Guantanamo Bay began to mount, FBI agents at the base created a "war crimes file" to document accusations against American military personnel, but were eventually ordered to close the file, a Justice Department report disclosed Tuesday. ...more

May 21, 2008

A technical problem gave the FBI access to the e-mail messages from an entire computer network - perhaps hundreds of accounts or more - instead of simply the lone e-mail address that was approved by a secret intelligence court as part of a national security investigation, according to an internal report of the 2006 episode. ...more

February 17, 2008

When Larry Peters sold the 30-year-old twin engine plane back in August 2006, he thought it was just another deal by his small St. Petersburg-based aircraft sales company, according to his lawyer. ...more

February 9, 2008

An airplane sold by a St. Petersburg company in August 2006 is now part of an FBI investigation into international money laundering and drug smuggling, according to an FBI affidavit. ...more

February 5, 2008

Al-Qaida captive Abu Zubaydah, whose interrogation videotapes were destroyed by the CIA, remains the subject of a dispute between FBI and CIA officials over his significance as a terrorism suspect and whether his most important revelations came from traditional interrogations or from torture. ...more

December 20, 2007