Strike Force Model Explained

The Strike Force Model is a model of law enforcement that combines elements of many Federal law enforcement agencies of the United States under the direction and leadership of a single Attorney for the United States Department of Justice. Most often, this Chief has been employed by the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division, but after 1989, these efforts have been consolidated under the United States Attorney's office.^[1] This model of team coordination has existed since its first iteration in 1966 with the Buffalo Strike Force of the Organized Crime Strike Force.^[2]

Strike Forces that have used the Strike Force Model:

• United States Organized Crime Strike Force
• Medicare Fraud Strike Force
• Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
• Health Care Fraud Strike Force
• Corporate Fraud Strike Force^[3]
• Procurement Collusion Strike Force^[4]
• Disruptive Technology Strike Force^[5]
• Public Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing^[6]
• Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force^[7]
• Elder Fraud Strike Force^[8]
• COVID-19 Strike Force
• Firearms Trafficking Strike Force^[9]

References

1. Web site: 2015-06-09 . Criminal Division Strike Force Operations . 2024-08-29 . www.justice.gov . en.
2. Web site: Government Accountability Office . April 11, 1989 . Review of the Department of Justice Organized Crime Strike Forces . Office of Justice Programs.
3. Web site: 2014-11-18 . Northern District of California Divisions . 2024-08-29 . www.justice.gov . en.
4. Web site: 2023-06-12 . Antitrust Division Procurement Collusion Strike Force United States Department of Justice . 2024-08-29 . www.justice.gov . en.
5. Web site: 2024-02-16 . Office of Public Affairs FACT SHEET: Disruptive Technology Strike Force Efforts in First Year to Prevent Sensitive Technology from Being Acquired by Authoritarian Regimes and Hostile Nation-States United States Department of Justice . 2024-08-29 . www.justice.gov . en.
6. Web site: 2024-07-30 . FTC and DOJ Host First Public Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing Meeting . 2024-08-29 . Federal Trade Commission . en.
7. Web site: December 4, 2023 . U.S. Treasury Launches Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force . Department of the Treasury.
8. Web site: DOJ Expands Fraud Strike Force to Address Rising Schemes Against Seniors . 2024-08-29 . FEDagent . en-US.
9. Web site: Department of Justice Announces Launch of Firearms Trafficking Strike Forces to Crack Down on Sources of Crime Guns ATF . 2024-08-29 . www.atf.gov.