Corruption, cyber threats and transnational organized crime – and the money laundering that greases the wheels of illicit commerce – are high on the list of law enforcement priorities, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. The list also includes preventing and combatting violent crime, confronting national security threats, ensuring civil rights, "safeguard[ing] the most vulnerable members of our society" and increasing the vigilance against terrorism, Holder said. But there will be no letup in enforcing antitrust laws, combating tax fraud schemes, and identifying and thwarting financial and health care-related fraud crimes, Holder added. Fraud detection and enforcement efforts in fiscal year 2012 brought a "record-breaking recovery and return of roughly $4.2 billion," he said. The U.S. Department of Justice ("DoJ") and other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have filed almost 10,000 financial fraud cases against over
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