Featured Stories
Firearms Trafficking Training Provided to Police Officers in Mexico and El Salvador
During the first week of March 2008, the ATF International Training Branch conducted a Small Arms Trafficking Training Program in the city of Queretaro, Mexico for the Queretaro State Police. The class was conducted by a team of five ATF instructors.
Cigarette Smuggling: States Lose Millions in Tax Revenues
The Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act (CCTA) was enacted in 1978. The purpose for enacting the CCTA was to stop organized criminal networks that were profiting from the movement and sale of untaxed cigarettes.
Featured Stories Archives
Firearms
SW Border Initiative: Project Gunrunner
Arson & Explosives Investigations
Gangs
- Gang Deterrence Center Opens for Business in Northern Virginia
- Fact Sheet: Department Of Justice Comprehensive Efforts To Fight Gang Violence
- Fact Sheet: The National Gang Intelligence Center And The National Gang Targeting, Enforcement And Coordination Center
- Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Efforts to Stop Gang Violence in America’s Communities
- Gang Activity Case Examples
- 2005 National Gang Threat Assessment
Breaking News
San Francisco Field Division: ATF Offers $10,000 Reward For Information To Solve Shooting And Theft Of Guns Case - Reward Poster
Phoenix Field Division: Terry Goddard Announces Arrests in Major Arms Trafficking Case
Los Angeles Field Division: ATF Adds $10,000 to Reward in San Fernando Valley Arson Investigation
Atlanta Field Division: Jury Finds Newark Man Guilty In East Coast Gun Trafficking
New York Field Division: Alabama Gun Buyers Charged, Gun Ring Dismantled
Washington Field Division: ATF Offers $3,000 Reward In Rockingham County Gun Shop Burglary
Los Angeles Field Division: ATF National Response Team Activated To Investigate Basque Night Club Fire
ATF in Action

Firearms Industry News
- Don't Lie Customer Post Card (English version)
- Don't Lie Poster (Spanish version)
- Don't Lie Counter Mat (Spanish version)
- Don't Lie Customer Poster Card (Spanish version)
- Open Letter to Licensed and/or Registered Importers of U.S. Munitions Import List Articles - 5/09/08
- Department of Justice Unified Agenda, Spring 2008 - 5/08/08
- Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record, Part 1, Over-the-Counter - 5/02/08
- Frequently Asked Questions - Silencers [HTML][PDF] - 4/17/08
- Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Firearms Transaction Record Low Volume Part I Over-the-Counter and Part II Intra-State Non-Over-the-Counter - 4/10/08
Explosives Industry News
- Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comments Requested – Action: 60-day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: A National Repository for the Collection and Inventory of Information Related to Arson and the Criminal Misuse of Explosives - 4/14/08
- 2007 List of Explosive Materials - General Notice - 12/12/07

