Specific Statutory Lead Charge on
Nontax Prosecutions Resulting from IRS Criminal Referrals

Fiscal Year Total Nontax
Prosecutions
Money
Laundering
(18 USC 1956)
Drugs
(Title 21)
Currency
Regulation
(Title 31)
Other
Nontitle 26
Lead Charge
1980
366
0
0
0
366
1981
433
0
31
7
395
1982
548
0
15
11
522
1983
844
0
94
27
723
1984
829
0
44
17
768
1985
722
0
65
16
641
1986
842
0
100
50
692
1987
723
1
46
70
606
1988
827
11
95
53
668
1989
877
35
97
141
604
1990
1,283
98
185
226
774
1991
1,464
146
292
191
835
1992
1,682
205
316
213
948
1993
1,705
247
340
190
928
1994
1,481
239
240
132
870
1995
1,419
227
234
86
872
1996
1,272
251
151
75
795
1997
1,396
196
208
33
959
1998
1,127
174
281
48
624
1999
989
202
213
31
543
2000
809
144
143
19
503
2001
712
163
131
26
392
2002
667
150
91
31
395
2003
756
136
82
17
521*
2004**
800
207
65
56
472*

Source: TRAC analysis of Justice Department records.
* About half of 'Other' was for prosecutions under Title 18 for fraudulent claims
and fraud conspiracy against the government (18 USC 286, 18 USC 287, and 18 USC 371).
This is a typical percentage for most years, but dipped lower (33-42%) during FY 1999-2002.
**Note: Since January 2004, the Justice Department has started withholding lead charge information
on roughly one in ten prosecutions. Additional information is used to allocate these prosecutions
to their lead charge.



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