The FBI Springfield Field Office is touting its shoulder-to-shoulder partnerships with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies across the country. 

Their Southern Illinois Transnational Organized Crime West (TOC-W) task force includes officers from local agencies across Central and Southern Illinois, and a spokesman says this partnership has proven to be beneficial. Special Agent Parker says it’s to their advantage to have the addition of local knowledge when working a case.

The TOC-W Task Force was created to identify, target, and prosecute transnational criminal organizations that are engaged in criminal activity involving a myriad of federal violations including but not limited to: drug trafficking, money laundering, homicide, extortion, kidnapping, and public corruption.