Northern District of Illinois

Northern District of Illinois

The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois is one of the premier federal prosecutors' offices in the country. Its outstanding reputation and tradition of excellence is based, in part, on famous undercover investigations and prosecutions of public corruption in Chicago and Cook County, such as Operation Greylord and Operation Gambat, which targeted judicial corruption, and, more recently, Operation Haunted Hall, Operation Silver Shovel and Operation Safe Road, which focused on political corruption. Read more...

Recent Press Releases

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