I am a lawyer for the FBI and I work for the legal department. A law is like a very important rule. When someone breaks a law, we call it a crime. When Congress makes a law, they decide which government agency will investigate when the law is broken. Many years ago, the FBI investigated crimes like bank robbery, kidnapping, and the theft of cars that are taken from one state to another. Today, there are over 350 violations of the law that the FBI investigates. We can't list them all here because there are so many, but we break them down into a few categories. The FBI investigates violent crime, organized crime, white collar crime, terrorism, foreign counterintelligence, civil rights, and applicant matters. This is the U.S. Capitol where Congress meets to make laws.

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