Our analysis included cases cited on the task force Web site and in two published task force reports, as well as corporate fraud prosecutions mentioned in speeches or public comments by Justice Department officials. In addition to declining to provide a complete list of corporate fraud cases since 2002, the Department would not disclose such basic information as Justice resources allocated to corporate fraud or pre-2002 conviction rates in white-collar cases. Attorney’s Offices were not given additional staff to prosecute corporate fraud cases, but emphasizes that corporate fraud prosecution “has always been an extremely important part of what it means to be a federal prosecutor. Beginning in 2005, only three years after the Corporate Fraud Task Force was established, the Department of Justice significantly scaled back its prosecution of corporate crimes. The Justice Department has established several new task forces — including the Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force, the Obscenity Prosecution Task Force and the National Procurement Fraud Task Force. read more