Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal federal law enforcement agency of the United States, housed within the Department of Justice. It investigates federal crimes including terrorism, espionage, cybercrime, public corruption, and organized crime, and serves as the country's main domestic intelligence and counter-intelligence body. Its headquarters is in Washington, D.C., and its director is appointed by the President of the United States.
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US charges five in alleged Russian intelligence network for contract killings and sabotage
US prosecutors in the Southern District of New York unsealed an indictment charging five people, including two Russian citizens linked to Russian intelligence, with financing terrorism and conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. The "RIS" network allegedly tracked Russian dissidents in the US and Europe and plotted killings, including a Washington-based dissident offered $40,000 and a Lithuania-based dissident offered $25,000. Prosecutors say the network also coordinated sabotage against infrastructure in countries supporting Ukraine.