The Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section pursues three overarching goals: to deter and disrupt computer and intellectual property crime by bringing and supporting key investigations and prosecutions, to guide the proper collection of electronic evidence by investigators and prosecutors, and to provide technical and legal advice and assistance to agents and prosecutors in the U.S. and around the world.
CCIPS executes this mission in a wide variety of ways, including (a) by identifying, supporting, and prosecuting high-impact, cutting-edge, and sensitive investigations and prosecutions; (b) by providing expert legal and technical advice, training, and support to the Department, investigative agencies, and other executive branch agencies; (c) promoting international policy that favors enforcement of computer crime and IP laws abroad, especially through building the capacity of foreign governments to investigate and prosecute; (d) by providing to prosecutors elite-level digital investigative analysis; (e) by advising on and litigating in support of the lawful collection of electronic evidence; and (f) by developing and advocating for computer and intellectual property crime policies and legislation.