Articles on 18 white-collar crime categories focus on offense characteristics under Federal law, defenses against charges in each crime category, the applicable sentencing guidelines, and enforcement issues. Offense categories discussed are antitrust violations, bribery of public officials, computer-related crimes, conflicts of interest, employment-related crimes, environmental crimes, ethics in government, false claims, and false statements. Other white- collar offenses explained are Federal criminal conspiracy, Federal Food and Drug Act violations, financial institutions fraud, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, interference with the judicial process, money laundering, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, securities fraud, and tax evasion. Eleven articles describe various Federal criminal procedural issues pertinent to white-collar crimes. The issues discussed are the administrative summons, attorney-client privilege, civil forfeiture, discovery, Federal sentencing, guilty pleas and practice, joinder and severance, parallel civil and criminal proceedings, prosecutorial misconduct, right to a speedy trial, and venue. For individual articles, see NCJ 143676-704.