The manual is also intended as a reference for both experienced and newly elected attorneys general and local prosecutors. It explains the functions of a financial crimes prosecution unit in the offices of attorneys general and district attorneys, explains the staffing requirements for these units, and presents sample start-up and operating budgets. It also explains the steps involved in conducting investigations with the greatest likelihood of successful prosecution. Preliminary investigative techniques, intelligence gathering and sharing, and the stages of a money laundering investigation are discussed. Appended model laws, list of training resources and State block grant fund administrators, sample terms for memoranda of understanding with the United States Treasury Department, and checklists