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Mississippi LEGISLATION
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
§ 43-1-23. Fraud investigation unit; duties; staff; assistance from and to other agencies; issuance of subpoenas.
(1) There is created within the State Department of Human Services a separate administrative unit to be known as the “Fraud Investigation Unit.” The Fraud Investigation Unit shall be headed by a director appointed by the Executive Director of the department. The Director of the Fraud Investigation Unit, and each investigator within the unit shall be a law enforcement officer, part-time law enforcement officer, or law enforcement trainee as defined in Section 45-6-3(c) through (e), Mississippi Code of 1972, and knowledgeable in the programs administered by the department. The Fraud Investigation Unit shall be responsible for:
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(d) Such other duties as prescribed in regulations of the department, which shall include, but not be limited to, reporting any suspected criminal violations discovered in the course of an investigation by the Fraud Investigation Unit involving statutes not within the programmatic purview of the Department of Human Services such as human trafficking, domestic violence, child abuse or other crimes against persons to the Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. Additionally, investigators of the Fraud Investigation Unit shall cooperate in any investigation arising from a report to the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and in any task force which currently exists or which may be created in the future by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
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