Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI agents from left to right are Jodie Starling, James Black, and Shuichi Akai.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation of the Black Organization in Japan consists of many agents lead by James Black. They are investigating Sharon Vineyard and have followed her to Japan where they discovered the existence of the Black Organization.

Background

The FBI has been investigating the Black Organization at least twenty years. The first known clash occurred when Vermouth killed Jodie's father and burned his house down. Jodie was placed in witness protection and became an FBI investigator in her father's footsteps. Five years prior to the current time-line, FBI agent Akai Shuuichi infiltrated the Black Organization using the alias Dai Moroboshi and dated Akemi Miyano, one of their low-ranking members, in order to meet Shiho Miyano and use her influence to get into the Black Organization. Akai distinguished himself as an agent and two years prior to the current time-line received the codename Rye and was called to work under executive agent Gin. The FBI laid a trap hoping to capture Gin at a warehouse where the meeting was supposed to take place, but because agent Andre Camel mistakenly revealed himself, the Organization discovered Akai's true allegiance and Gin never appeared.

Their current target is Vermouth, an executive agent close to the boss whose current cover role is Chris Vineyard, a famous American actress. Hoping to capture Vermouth, a team of FBI agents lead by James Black followed her to Japan and began an investigation kept secret from the Japanese authorities.

Members

There are many of them in Japan, but only four have been named so far.

• Jodie Starling - A star investigator with a personal vendetta against Vermouth. She takes a cover job as an English teacher at Teitan High.
  
• James Black - The leader of the FBI agents in Japan. He originally is from Chicago.
  
• Shuichi Akai - The most feared agent FBI agent. He is considered the FBI's trump card because of his deductive, information-gathering, and planning skills, and accumulated knowledge of the Black Organization from his prior infiltration. He was apparently killed by Kir.
  
• Andre Camel - An agent with a scary face who is a skilled driver. Andre promised to help Akai Shuuichi after his mistake resulted in Akai's Shuuichi's rejection from the Black Organization.
  

Relationship Analysis

FBI and the Black Organization

The FBI are known enemies of the Black Organization going back at least twenty years when Vermouth killed Jodie's FBI father. The original event that allowed the FBI to uncover the Black Organization and begin operations against them is currently unknown, but presumably relates to something that occurred in America based on the Organization's known connections there and the fact the FBI got involved. Frequent clashes and subterfuge have resulted in personalized conflicts between individuals, such as Jodie and Vermouth and Gin and Akai. While the two organizations clearly hate one another, individual members will occassionally show grudging respect for the other side in light of clever maneuvers or shows of skill. Until his apparent death, the Black Organization feared FBI agent Akai Shuuichi most of all, with the boss and Vermouth considering him a "silver bullet".

FBI and the CIA

Despite being on the same side, the FBI and the CIA have separate secret missions concerning the Black Organization which have not been communicated to one another. Their lack of communication resulted in an unfortunate debacle where an FBI sting to capture Vermouth backfired and the FBI caught and injured Kir instead. The FBI held Kir thinking she was a member of the Organization until the research of Conan and Akai Shuuichi proved she was in fact a CIA agent. The FBI and Kir successfully managed to come up with a plan to sneak Kir back into the Organization, but she had lost her trusted status. In order to regain the Black Organization's trust, she was ordered to kill Shuuichi Akai and apparently did so. Kir promised to report information to the FBI after passing it to CIA headquarters.

“	Under any circumstance, my father's CIA mission will be first-priority. Even if I become inconvenient for the FBI, please don't think badly of me	„
— Kir to explaining her position to Akai, Chapter 605 pg 5

FBI and the Japanese Law Enforcement

The FBI are conducting their investigation in Japan illegally without proper permissions. While Jodie and Camel's status as FBI was exposed because of coincidental involvement in unrelated cases, they lied to the police about their reason for being in Japan, telling them they are on an extended vacation.

Jodie and Akai

Akai and Jodie used to be lovers before Akai infiltrated the Black Organization by dating Akemi Miyano, with whom he eventually became more intensely involved. Akai broke up with Jodie because he didn't want to feel guilty about two-timing them. Jodie still loves Akai despite the break up, and the apparent death Akai takes a very emotional toll on her..

Jodie and Camel

Jodie has twice needed to pretend Camel is her lover in order to escape probing questions. The first time was to trick the police when Camel was a prime suspect in a murder case, and later to dodge awkward questions from from Ran about why Jodie was still in Japan. Camel plays along awkwardly.