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Murder-for-Hire—18 U.S.C. §  1958

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DOJ Justice Manual › Title 9: Criminal › 9-60.000 - Protection Of The Individual › Justice Manual § 9-60.900

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The proper investigative agency on murder-for-hire cases is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Supervisory jurisdiction is vested in the Violent Crime and Racketeering Section if it is a domestic matter or a racketeering-related international matter and in the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section if it involves any non-racketeering related international matter.

[updated January 2020]

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