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1 ay 7 S25 te “et ;. Lon in ey. w x ty rot mi ee RE ’ ocitias, See O% Fates “dae vt : 4 ee ee fe, aS ike 8 ‘eae. 5 Some gle, Pag coat ¢ < sinied 5 ‘ hte ty gaomting to $2,978,520, over $234,000 was saved and returned to the -. Se rad ; a 7 c. feos: : ee Ms notifying the proper officials so that these fugitives may be teken into io 1932. Since the enactuent of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, - ns or to give its comaonly accepted name, the Dyer Act, in October, 1619, vy wntil June 30, 1932, 31,343 stolen motor vehicles valued at over oe $21,716,000 have been recovered in cases in which the Buresu performed... Qe the propriation for the Bureau for the pape Sint IK a 0 Bra ne a > Bs yeer 1932 Tyee *. 3. y ury as tho result of economies effected in the Bureuu's operation. ©. ¥ a 7 . The Identification Division of the United States Bureau of Investi- ~- getion is asintsined at Washington, D, C., and was established on July 99 1... 1, 1924, to operate as a national clearing btouse of idetificetion data, ~ - > At the date of its inception, it began with approximately 600,000 finger es ls print records which had comprised the collections of the bureau maintained © = at the Ghited States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas, and of the National Bureau of Crimins] Identification, Washingtoa, D. Coy mhichbad bem = = operated by the International Association of dniefs of Police, = Bince its establishaent in 1924, the Identification Division of the Gaited States Bureau of Invertigation has bad a phencasnal grovth. Darn _ ing the fiscal gear of 1932 alone, it received over 573,000 fingerpriat ~~~: cards. | At the present tine, it has nore than 3,400,000 fingerprint records _. oa file, representing the largest and most complete collection of crininal © fingerprint recorda of current value existing anywhere in the morld. This division now receives criainal identification date from over 5,300 come .tributors in the United States and foreign comtries, and recelves nore ~ than 2,000 fingerprint cards each dey, replying to each of these ecards ©: - within 36 houra. The eubdjectsa of over 45% of all the prints received are identified as having prior criminal records, #8... -. Ce The fingerprint science is one of the most potent factors in secure -_ ing the apprehension of criminals. The Bureen at present identifies 7 more than 350 fugitives each month through fingerprints, iucediately | custody. This entire service is furnished fres of cost and is maintained - solely for the convenience and use of regularly constituted law-enforcenent officiels and agencies. At the present time, the Identification Division — of the Bureau exchanges fingerprint records with over 30 foreign countries» to help cope with the operations of international confidence nen, Swindlers Conviction Record. Convictions were secured in 93.76 of the cases investigated by the Bureau which were presented to the Grand Juries. | ee TR ne ene me ee em ee 2” re erie en 9 a ee cree ee ee eeep mp ee ne ee