Criminal Investigation Division
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The Criminal Investigation Division is the law enforcement arm of the IRS responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the U.S. tax code and related financial crimes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Criminal Investigation Division canonical | 2 |
| Criminal Investigation division of the Internal Revenue Service | 1 |
| IRS Criminal Investigation division | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T101919 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Criminal Investigation Division Context triple: [Internal Revenue Service, hasDivision, Criminal Investigation Division]
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A.
Criminal Division
The Criminal Division is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for developing and enforcing federal criminal laws and overseeing complex national and international criminal prosecutions.
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B.
Division of Enforcement
The Division of Enforcement is the branch of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission responsible for investigating potential securities law violations and pursuing civil enforcement actions.
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C.
Special Operations Division
The Special Operations Division is a specialized unit of the United States Capitol Police responsible for handling high-risk security operations, tactical responses, and protective missions around the U.S. Capitol complex.
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D.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal federal law enforcement and domestic intelligence agency of the United States, responsible for investigating and enforcing federal laws and protecting national security.
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E.
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
The Pinkerton National Detective Agency is a historic American private security and detective firm notorious for its strikebreaking activities and involvement in major labor conflicts and high-profile investigations in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Criminal Investigation Division Target entity description: The Criminal Investigation Division is the law enforcement arm of the IRS responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the U.S. tax code and related financial crimes.
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A.
Criminal Division
The Criminal Division is the component of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for developing and enforcing federal criminal laws and overseeing complex national and international criminal prosecutions.
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B.
Division of Enforcement
The Division of Enforcement is the branch of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission responsible for investigating potential securities law violations and pursuing civil enforcement actions.
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C.
Special Operations Division
The Special Operations Division is a specialized unit of the United States Capitol Police responsible for handling high-risk security operations, tactical responses, and protective missions around the U.S. Capitol complex.
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D.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal federal law enforcement and domestic intelligence agency of the United States, responsible for investigating and enforcing federal laws and protecting national security.
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E.
Criminal Justice Section
The Criminal Justice Section is a specialized division of the American Bar Association that focuses on improving the criminal justice system through policy development, legal standards, and professional education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal investigation unit
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federal law enforcement agency ⓘ law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IRS-CI ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
IRS Criminal Investigation
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IRS-CI ⓘ |
| authority |
to carry firearms
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to execute search warrants ⓘ to make arrests ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
Drug Enforcement Administration
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Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ Homeland Security Investigations ⓘ United States Attorneys ⓘ
surface form:
United States Attorneys' Offices
United States Department of Justice ⓘ state and local law enforcement agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs |
forensic accountants
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professional staff ⓘ special agents ⓘ |
| focus |
complex financial investigations
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high-impact tax and financial crime cases ⓘ |
| formerName | Intelligence Unit ⓘ |
| goal |
to deter financial crimes through criminal investigation and prosecution
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to enforce the criminal provisions of the Internal Revenue Code ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Internal Revenue Service ⓘ |
| parentDepartment | United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ |
| partOf | Internal Revenue Service ⓘ |
| responsibility |
investigating Bank Secrecy Act violations
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investigating abusive tax schemes ⓘ investigating certain cyber-enabled financial crimes ⓘ investigating criminal violations related to cryptocurrency tax and financial crimes ⓘ investigating criminal violations related to offshore tax evasion ⓘ investigating employment tax fraud ⓘ investigating false tax returns ⓘ investigating money laundering related to tax and financial crimes ⓘ investigating narcotics-related financial crimes in coordination with other agencies ⓘ investigating potential criminal violations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code ⓘ investigating public corruption cases involving tax and financial crimes ⓘ investigating refund fraud schemes ⓘ investigating structuring of financial transactions ⓘ investigating tax evasion ⓘ investigating tax fraud ⓘ investigating willful failure to file tax returns ⓘ |
| uses |
financial investigative techniques
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forensic accounting techniques ⓘ |
| website | https://www.irs.gov/compliance/criminal-investigation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Criminal Investigation Division Description of subject: The Criminal Investigation Division is the law enforcement arm of the IRS responsible for investigating potential criminal violations of the U.S. tax code and related financial crimes.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Criminal Investigation division of the Internal Revenue Service
this entity surface form:
IRS Criminal Investigation division
Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training
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hasPart
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Criminal Investigation Division
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