The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a new section focused on criminal antitrust enforcement to address the division's workload. The current criminal antitrust office in Washington, D.C. has been renamed Washington Criminal I, and the new division will be called Washington Criminal II. The new section will first focus on domestic criminal enforcement and will later broaden to include international cases. It is already operational and eventually will have 10 to 15 prosecutors on staff.

The DOJ press release can be found here.

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