The substantive crimes and legislation issues addressed include: computer crimes, conflicts of interest, environmental crimes, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, extortion, Federal food and drug violations, financial institutions' fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, government contract fraud, mail and wire fraud, perjury, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), and the Travel Act. One Department of Justice initiative is a massive effort to deal with those responsible for the criminal collapse of many savings and loan institutions. Additional Department of Justice priorities include: responding to capital market abuses by establishing Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Forces in eight United States Attorney's Offices; targeting defense contractors who have lied, bribed, and spied in committing procurement fraud; pursuing and prosecuting money launderers and increasing prosecutions for environmental crime. 2,333 footnotes