2020 ‘ ASTORS ’ Champion : Federal Bureau of
Investigation www . AmericanSecurityToday . com 2020 CHAMPIONS - Edition 51
Federal Bureau of Investigation
( FBI
)
• FBI Internet Crime Complaint
Center ( IC3
)
• Excellence in Homeland Security
The
IC3 serves as the FBI ' s central hub to receive , develop , and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly ex- panding occurrences of Internet crime , and provides the public with a
reliable , convenient reporting mechanism to submit reports of suspected
Inter- net-facilitated criminal activity and
to develop alliances with law enforcement and industry partners
. The information is then analyzed and disseminated for investigative and in- telligence purposes to law
enforcement and for public awareness nationwide
.
( Actress Kirsten Vangsness , is promoting awareness of Internet crimes and scams and encourages the public to report suspected criminal cyber activity to the FBI ' s IC3 Unit .)
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