FBI : Year in Review A look back at the challenges and triumphs of 2023

 

 

New York – Rashad Alkhader – Free Yemen Eye – From News – FBI

In 2023, the #FBI faced a growing and evolving threat spectrum – from an uptick in violent and bias-motivated crimes and increasingly elaborate cyberattacks to a rise in more potent drugs like fentanyl and increased terrorist threats from overseas to our homeland.

Through it all, the Bureau’s 38,000 agents, analysts, and professional staff remained dedicated to working with our partner agencies to carry out the FBI’s mission to protect Americans and uphold the Constitution. Read the FBI’s 2023 Year in Review:

In 2023, the FBI faced a growing and evolving threat spectrum—from an uptick in violent and bias-motivated crimes to increasingly elaborate cyberattacks to a rise in more potent drugs like fentanyl. A look back over the past 12 months shows the diversity of law enforcement and intelligence challenges facing the 115-year-old Bureau.

While the year opened with the FBI and our international partners dismantling an advanced ransomware network that cost victims more than $100 million, the Bureau’s 38,000 agents, analysts, and professional staff remained fully focused on working with all our partner agencies to carry out the FBI’s broad mission to protect Americans and uphold the Constitution.

“The men and women of the FBI work tirelessly every day to protect the American people from what is really a staggering array of threats,” Director Christopher Wray said in remarks to a Congressional panel in July. “And we don’t do that work alone.”

To achieve its mission, the Bureau last year relied on more than 750 FBI-led task forces composed of more than 6,000 state and local task force officers. Moreover, the public continues to be the FBI’s force multiplier in exposing potential crime and terror threats, having submitted more than 1.4 million tips to the Bureau’s National Threat Operations Center (tips.fbi.gov or 1-800-CAll-FBI), including 1,479 “threat-to-life” leads related to school-shooting threats.

Here’s a look at how the FBI—working, as always, with partners—addressed some of its most significant priorities and challenges in 2023: