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Text 4. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (The fbi)

I. Read and translate the text.

The FBI is an agency of the Department of Justice responsible for investigating violations of Federal laws. It was formed in 1908 as a Bureau of Investigation; the word "federal" was added in 1935. The FBI investigates not less than 200 categories of federal crimes. It is asked to investigate over 36 000 serious crimes a year, including suspicious deaths and murders. It has over 30 000 people on its staff, among them special agents, linguists, scientists, IT specialists, and others.

The FBI has 15 departments, the largest of them being the CID - the Criminal Investigations Division.

One of the main tasks of the FBI is to fight organised crime which dominates gambling, drug-traffic, racketeering and other spheres of making easy money. The FBI also locates and apprehends escaped federal prisoners (fugitives) and deserters from the Army, investigates ethnic crimes, electoral fraud, corruption in the government, kidnapping, bank holdups, serial murders, and many others.

The FBI has a large collection of fingerprints, which helps identify criminals all over the country.

The FBI Laboratory provides analysis of material evidence which plays a vital role in criminal investigations.

The FBI has an effective Communications system which provides contact between the FBI headquarters and its numerous agencies.

The Crime Records Division has information on crime from all parts of the country.

The FBI trains highly qualified agents and provides instructors for the country's police schools.

Vocabulary

agency

to investigate

violations of laws

organised crime

gambling

drug-traffic

racketeering

to locate smb.

to apprehend smb.

fugitive

fingerprints

to identify smb.

material evidence

crime records

ethnic crimes

electoral fraud

kidnapping

holdup

serial murders

управление; отделение

расследовать

нарушение законов

организованная преступность

азартные игры, гэмблинг

торговля наркотиками

рэкет

установить местонахождение кого-л.

задержать кого-л.

беглец

отпечатки пальцев

устанавливать личность кого-л.

вещественные доказательства

уголовный архив

преступления на этнической почве

мошенничество на выборах

похищение людей

ограбление

серийные убийства

II. Answer the following questions.

1 An agency of what department is the FBI?

2. What was the original name of the organisation?

3. People of what professions are on the staff of the FBI?

4. What is the structure of the FBI?

5. What is the largest and most important department of the FBI?

6. What crimes does the FBI fight?

7. What facilities for effective work is the FBI provided with?

8. Who does the FBI train?

III. Match the following.

    1. division

    2. to fight crime

    3. racketeer

    4. gambler

    5. a fraud

    6. serial murderer

    7. corruption

    8. vital

    9. highly qualified

    10. apprehension

a) важный

b) игрок в азартные игры

c) мошенник

d) коррупция

e) высококвалифицированный

f) задержание

g) рэкетир

h) серийный убийца

i) бороться с преступностью

j) отдел