confidential informants
Undercover police helpers
Confidential informants are people who secretly provide information to law enforcement about criminal activity, often in exchange for money, reduced charges, or other considerations.
The term emphasizes that their identity is protected—police and prosecutors resist revealing who they are, even in court proceedings.
The case relied heavily on testimony from confidential informants inside the organization.
Sometimes shortened to CI.
- snitchOne who tells authorities
- assetItem of value owned
- ratRodent or informer
- secrecyPractice of hiding information
- cooperating witnessDefendant aiding investigators
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Sworn law enforcers
federal agents · undercover agents · detectives · special agents · commissioned officers
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