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 | | Its investigative responsibilities included antitrust violations, bankruptcy fraud, postal fraud, violation of federal banking laws, destruction of government property, and certain crimes on Native American reservations. |
 | | However, the bureau came under sharp criticism when an independent review uncovered a range of abuses during the raids, including illegal searches and seizures, warrantless arrests, denial of legal counsel, and poor detainment conditions. |
 | | After a series of highly publicized gangster crimes, in 1934 Congress made federal crimes of bank robbery, extortion, interstate racketeering, assault or murder of federal officials, transportation of stolen property across state lines, and interstate flight of felons. |
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