La Federal Bureau of Investigation (la Oficina Federal de Investigación, en Puerto Rico Negociado Federal de Investigaciones) más conocida por sus siglas en inglés, FBI, es la principal rama de investigación criminal del Departamento de Justicia de los Estados Unidos. Las oficinas centrales del FBI están ubicadas en el Distrito de Columbia, y también hay 56 oficinas locales ubicadas en las principales ciudades de los Estados Unidos, así como más de 400 organismos residentes en pequeñas ciudades y pueblos en toda la nación, y más de 50 oficinas internacionales, llamadas "Diplomacias Legales", en embajadas de Estados Unidos en varios países. El artículo 28, del Código de los Estados Unidos, en la sección 533, autoriza al Secretario de Justicia para «designar a funcionarios para descubrir delitos... contra los Estados Unidos», otros estatutos federales dan la autoridad al FBI y la responsabilidad de investigar delitos específicos. Actualmente, el FBI tiene jurisdicción investigadora sobre las violaciones de más de 200 categorías de delitos federales. De esta forma se convierte en la agencia policial federal más grande del mundo. El Top ten de los sospechosos más buscados ha sido usado desde 1949 para notificar a la población acerca de los fugitivos más peligrosos.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which simultaneously serves as the nation's prime federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI is concurrently a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. A leading U.S. counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes. Although many of the FBI's functions are unique, its activities in support of national security are comparable to those of the British MI5 and the Russian FSB. Unlike the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which has no law enforcement authority and is focused on intelligence collection overseas, the FBI is primarily a domestic agency, maintaining 56 field offices in major cities throughout the United States, and more than 400 resident agencies in lesser cities and areas across the nation. At an FBI field office, a senior-level FBI officer concurrently serves as the representative of the Director of National Intelligence. Despite its domestic focus, the FBI also maintains a significant international footprint, operating 60 Legal Attache (LEGAT) offices and 15 sub-offices in U.S. embassies and consulates across the globe. These overseas offices exist primarily for the purpose of coordination with foreign security services and do not usually conduct unilateral operations in the host countries. The FBI can and does at times carry out secret activities overseas, just as the CIA has a limited domestic function; these activities generally require coordination across government agencies. The FBI was established in 1908 as the Bureau of Investigation (BOI). Its name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935. The FBI headquarters is the J. Edgar Hoover Building, located in Washington, D.C.

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