document_title: List of islands by area

question_text: who is the largest island in the world

question_tokens: who is the largest island in the world

text: List of islands by area

text: Continental landmasses[edit]

text: Although the continental landmasses listed below are not normally called islands (by definition a landmass cannot be both an island and a continent), they are, in fact, land entirely surrounded by water. In effect, they are enormous islands and are shown here for that reason. The figures are approximations and are for the continental mainland only.[citation needed]

text:
Rank
Landmass
Area
(km2)
Area
(sq mi)
Country or countries

1
Afro-Eurasia
85,000,000
33,000,000
Various

2
Americas
42,300,000[dubious – discuss]
16,300,000
Various

3
Antarctica[Note 1]
14,000,000
5,400,000
None (various countries have territorial claims)

4
Australia[Note 2]
7,600,000
2,900,000
 Australia

text: Islands[edit]

text: Islands 100,000 km2 (39,000 sq mi) and greater[edit]

text:
Rank
Island's name
Area
(km2)[4]
Area
(sq mi)
Country or countries

1
Greenland[Note 3]
2,130,800[6]
822,700
 Greenland, forms part of the Danish Realm ( Denmark)

2
New Guinea
785,753
303,381
 Papua New Guinea and  Indonesia (Papua and West Papua)

3
Borneo
743,330
288,869
 Brunei,  Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak) and  Indonesia (Central, East, North, South and West Kalimantan)

4
Madagascar
587,713
226,917
 Madagascar

5
Baffin Island
507,451[7]
195,928
 Canada (Nunavut)

6
Sumatra
443,066
171,069
 Indonesia (Aceh, Bengkulu, Jambi, Lampung, Riau and North, South and West Sumatra)

7
Honshu
225,800
87,200
 Japan (Chūbu, Chūgoku, Kansai, Kantō and Tōhoku regions)

8
Victoria Island
217,291[7]
83,897
 Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)

9
Great Britain
209,331
80,823
 United Kingdom (England, Scotland and Wales)

10
Ellesmere Island
196,236[7]
75,767
 Canada (Nunavut)

11
Sulawesi
180,681
69,761
 Indonesia (Gorontalo and Central, North, South, Southeast and West Sulawesi provinces)

12
South Island
145,836
56,308
 New Zealand (Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Tasman, Nelson, Marlborough regions)

13
Java
138,794
53,589
 Indonesia (Banten, Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Central, East and West Java provinces)

14
North Island
111,583
43,082
 New Zealand (Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Gisborne, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Manawatu-Wanganui and Wellington regions)

15
Luzon
109,965
42,458
 Philippines (Bicol, Cagayan Valley, Calabarzon, Central Luzon, Cordillera, Ilocos and National Capital regions)

16
Newfoundland
108,860[7]
42,030
 Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador)

17
Cuba (main island)
105,806
40,852
 Cuba

18
Iceland (main island)
101,826
39,315
 Iceland

text: Islands 25,000–99,999 km2 (9,653–38,610 sq mi)[edit]

text:
Rank
Island's name
Area
(km2)[4]
Area
(sq mi)
Country or countries

19
Mindanao
97,530
37,660
 Philippines (Caraga, Davao, Muslim Mindanao, Northern Mindanao, SOCCSKSARGEN and Zamboanga Peninsula)

20
Ireland
84,421[8]
32,595
 Ireland and  United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

21
Hokkaido
78,719
30,394
 Japan (Hokkaido region)

22
Hispaniola
73,929
28,544
 Dominican Republic and  Haiti

23
Sakhalin
72,493
27,990
 Russia (Sakhalin Oblast)

24
Banks Island
70,028[7]
27,038
 Canada (Northwest Territories)

25
Sri Lanka (main island)
65,610[9]
25,330
 Sri Lanka

26
Tasmania
65,022
25,105
 Australia (Tasmania)

27
Devon Island
55,247[7]
21,331
 Canada (Nunavut) (largest uninhabited island in the world)

28
Alexander Island
49,070
18,950
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina (partial),  Chile and  United Kingdom)

29
Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego
47,401
18,302
 Argentina (Tierra del Fuego Province) and  Chile (Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region)

30
Severny Island (Novaya Zemlya, north)
47,079
18,177
 Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

31
Berkner Island
43,873
16,939
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina,  Chile (partial) and  United Kingdom)

32
Axel Heiberg Island
43,178[7]
16,671
 Canada (Nunavut)

33
Melville Island
42,149[7]
16,274
 Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)

34
Southampton Island
41,214[7]
15,913
 Canada (Nunavut)

35
Marajó
40,100[9]
15,500
 Brazil (Pará). At the mouth of the Amazon River, it is the world's largest fluvial island.

36
Spitsbergen
38,981[10]
15,051
 Norway (Svalbard)

37
Kyushu
37,437
14,455
 Japan (Kyūshū region)

38
Taiwan (island)
35,883[11]
13,855
 Republic of China (Taiwan)[Note 4]

39
New Britain
35,145
13,570
 Papua New Guinea (West New Britain Province and East New Britain Province)

40
Prince of Wales Island
33,339[7]
12,872
 Canada (Nunavut)

41
Yuzhny Island (Novaya Zemlya, south)
33,246
12,836
 Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

42
Hainan
33,210
12,820
 People's Republic of China (Hainan Province)

43
Vancouver Island
31,285[7]
12,079
 Canada (British Columbia)

44
Timor
28,418
10,972
 East Timor and  Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)

45
Sicily
25,662
9,908
 Italy (Sicily)

text: Islands 10,000–24,999 km2 (3,861–9,652 sq mi)[edit]

text:
Rank
Island's name
Area
(km2)[4]
Area
(sq mi)
Country or countries

46
Somerset Island
24,786[7]
9,570
 Canada (Nunavut)

47
Kotelny Island
24,000
9,300
 Russia (Sakha Republic)

48
Sardinia
23,949
9,247
 Italy (Sardinia)

49
Bananal
20,000[9]
7,398
 Brazil (Tocantins) (world's 2nd largest fluvial island)

50
Shikoku
18,545
7,160
 Japan (Shikoku region)

51
Halmahera
18,040
6,970
 Indonesia (North Maluku)

52
Seram Island
17,454
6,739
 Indonesia (Maluku)

53
New Caledonia (Grande Terre)
16,648
6,428
 New Caledonia, special collectivity of  France

54
Bathurst Island
16,042[7]
6,194
 Canada (Nunavut)

55
Prince Patrick Island
15,848[7]
6,119
 Canada (Northwest Territories)

56
Thurston Island
15,700[9]
6,100
None (unclaimed island of Antarctica)

57
Nordaustlandet
14,467[10]
5,586
 Norway (Svalbard)

58
Sumbawa
14,386
5,554
 Indonesia (West Nusa Tenggara)

59
October Revolution Island (Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii)
14,204
5,484
 Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)

60
Flores
14,154
5,465
 Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)

61
King William Island
13,111[7]
5,062
 Canada (Nunavut)

62
Negros
13,075
5,048
 Philippines (Negros Island Region)

63
Samar
12,849
4,961
 Philippines (Eastern Visayas)

64
Palawan
12,189
4,706
 Philippines (MIMAROPA)

65
Panay
12,011
4,637
 Philippines (Western Visayas)

66
Yos Sudarso (Dolak)
11,742
4,534
 Indonesia (Papua)

67
Bangka
11,413
4,407
 Indonesia (Bangka-Belitung Islands)

68
Ellef Ringnes Island
11,295[7]
4,361
 Canada (Nunavut)

69
Bolshevik Island
11,206
4,327
 Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)

70
Jamaica
11,190
4,320
 Jamaica

71
Bylot Island
11,067[7]
4,273
 Canada (Nunavut)

72
Sumba
10,711
4,136
 Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)

73
Mindoro
10,572
4,082
 Philippines (MIMAROPA)

74
Viti Levu
10,531
4,066
 Fiji (Central Division and Western Division)

75
Hawai'i (Big Island)
10,434
4,029
 United States (Hawaii)

76
Cape Breton Island
10,311[7]
3,981
 Canada (Nova Scotia)

text: Islands 5,000–9,999 km2 (1,931–3,861 sq mi)[edit]

text:
Rank
Island's name
Area
(km2)[4]
Area
(sq mi)
Country or countries

77
Prince Charles Island
9,521[7]
3,676
 Canada (Nunavut)

78
Bougainville Island
9,318
3,598
 Papua New Guinea (Autonomous Region of Bougainville)

79
Kodiak Island
9,310
3,595[12]
 United States (Alaska)

80
Cyprus
9,234
3,565
 Cyprus,  Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Sovereign Base Areas of the  United Kingdom, and  Northern Cyprus[Note 5]

81
Puerto Rico
9,100
3,500
 Puerto Rico, insular area of the  United States

82
Komsomolets Island
8,812
3,402
 Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)

83
Corsica
8,741
3,375
 France (Corsica)

84
Qeqertarsuaq (Disko)
8,612
3,325
 Greenland, forms part of the Danish Realm ( Denmark)

85
Carney Island
8,500[9]
3,300
None (unclaimed island of Antarctica)

86
Chiloé Island
8,478
3,273
 Chile (Los Lagos Region)

87
Buru
8,473
3,271
 Indonesia (Maluku)

88
Crete
8,350
3,220
 Greece (Crete)

89
Anticosti Island
7,941[7]
3,066
 Canada (Quebec)

90
Roosevelt Island
7,910
3,050
None (Antarctic territorial claim by  New Zealand)

91
Wrangel Island (Vrangelya)
7,866
3,037
 Russia (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)

92
Tupinambarana (western part)
7,700
3,000
 Brazil (Amazonas) (if taken as one fluvial island)

93
New Ireland
7,405
2,859
 Papua New Guinea (New Ireland Province)

94
Leyte
7,368
2,845
 Philippines (Eastern Visayas)

95
East Falkland (Isla Soledad)
7,040
2,720
 Falkland Islands, part of the British Overseas Territories, territories under sovereignty of  United Kingdom and disputed with  Argentina[Note 6]

96
Zealand (Sjælland)
7,031[13]
2,715
 Denmark (Zealand and Capital Region)

97
Cornwallis Island
6,995[7]
2,701
 Canada (Nunavut)

98
Prince of Wales Island
6,675
2,577
 United States (Alaska)

99
Kerguelen (main island) (Desolation Island)
6,617
2,555
 French Southern and Antarctic Lands, overseas territory of  France

100
Siple Island
6,390
2,470
None (unclaimed island of Antarctica)

101
Graham Island
6,361[7]
2,456
 Canada (British Columbia)

102
New Siberia (Novaya Sibir)
6,201
2,394
 Russia (Sakha Republic)

103
Melville Island
5,765
2,226
 Australia (Northern Territory)

104
Prince Edward Island
5,620[7]
2,170
 Canada (Prince Edward Island)

105
Vanua Levu
5,587
2,157
 Fiji (Northern Division)

106
Wellington Island
5,556
2,145
 Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)

107
Coats Island
5,498[7]
2,123
 Canada (Nunavut)

108
Bali
5,416
2,091
 Indonesia (Bali)

109
Chichagof Island
5,388
2,080
 United States (Alaska)

110
Guadalcanal
5,353
2,067
 Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal Province and Capital Territory)

111
Amund Ringnes Island
5,255[7]
2,029
 Canada (Nunavut)

112
Great Lyakhovsky Island (Bolshoy Lyakhovsky)
5,157
1,991
 Russia (Sakha Republic)

113
St. Lawrence Island
5,135
1,983
 United States (Alaska)

114
Riesco Island
5,110[14]
1,970
 Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)

115
Edgeøya
5,073[10]
1,959
 Norway (Svalbard)

116
Mackenzie King Island
5,048[7]
1,949
 Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)

117
Trinidad
5,009
1,934
 Trinidad and Tobago

118
Caviana
5,000[14]
1,900
 Brazil (Pará)

text: Islands 2,500–4,999 km2 (965–1,930 sq mi)[edit]

text:
Rank
Island's name
Area
(km2)[4]
Area
(sq mi)
Country or countries

119
Kolguyev Island
4,968
1,918
 Russia (Nenets Autonomous Okrug)

120
Ilha Grande de Gurupá
4,864[14]
1,878
 Brazil (Pará)

121
Isabela Island
4,711
1,819
 Ecuador (Galápagos Province)

122
North Jutlandic Island (Vendsyssel-Thy)
4,685[13]
1,809
 Denmark (North Denmark) (physically part of the Jutland peninsula until 1825)

123
Lombok
4,625
1,786
 Indonesia (West Nusa Tenggara)

124
West Falkland (Isla Gran Malvina)
4,531
1,749
 Falkland Islands, part of the British Overseas Territories, territories under sovereignty of  United Kingdom and disputed with  Argentina[Note 6]

125
Belitung
4,478
1,729
 Indonesia (Bangka-Belitung Islands)

126
Cebu
4,468
1,725
 Philippines (Central Visayas)

127
Adelaide Island
4,463
1,723
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom)

128
Stefansson Island
4,463[7]
1,723
 Canada (Nunavut)

129
Madura Island
4,429
1,710
 Indonesia (East Java)

130
Buton
4,408
1,702
 Indonesia (South East Sulawesi)

131
Kangaroo Island
4,374
1,689
 Australia (South Australia)

132
Admiralty Island
4,362
1,684
 United States (Alaska)

133
Nunivak Island
4,209[14]
1,625
 United States (Alaska)

134
Unimak Island
4,119
1,590
 United States (Alaska)

135
Hoste Island
4,117[14]
1,590
 Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)

136
Spaatz Island
4,100[14]
1,600
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Chile and  United Kingdom)

137
Baranof Island
4,065
1,570
 United States (Alaska)

138
Nias
4,048
1,563
 Indonesia (North Sumatra)

139
Espiritu Santo
3,956
1,527
 Vanuatu (Sanma Province)

140
Milne Land
3,913
1,511
 Greenland, forms part of the Danish Realm ( Denmark)

141
Malaita
3,836
1,481
 Solomon Islands (Malaita Province)

142
Siberut
3,829
1,478
 Indonesia (West Sumatra)

143
Bohol
3,821
1,475
 Philippines (Central Visayas)

144
South Georgia
3,718
1,436
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, part of the British Overseas Territories, territories under sovereignty of  United Kingdom

145
Euboea (Evvoia)
3,707
1,431
 Greece (Central Greece)

146
Santa Inés Island
3,688
1,424
 Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)

147
Majorca
3,667
1,416
 Spain (Balearic Islands)

148
Santa Isabel Island
3,665
1,415
 Solomon Islands (Isabel Province)

149
Long Island
3,629[14]
1,401
 United States (New York)

150
Socotra
3,607
1,393
 Yemen (Socotra Governorate)

151
Wetar
3,600[14]
1,400
 Indonesia (Maluku)

152
Tupinambarana (northern part)
3,600
1,400
 Brazil (Amazonas)

153
Traill Island
3,542
1,368
 Greenland, forms part of the Danish Realm ( Denmark)

154
Bear Island
3,500[14]
1,400
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom)

155
North Andros Island
3,439
1,328
 Bahamas (North Andros and Central Andros)

156
Vaygach Island
3,329
1,285
 Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

157
Masbate Island
3,268[14]
1,262
 Philippines (Bicol)

158
Iturup (Etorofu)
3,238
1,250
 Russia (Sakhalin Oblast) (also claimed by  Japan (Hokkaidō region))

159
Makira (San Cristóbal)
3,190
1,230
 Solomon Islands (Makira-Ulawa Province)

160
Mansel Island
3,180[7]
1,230
 Canada (Nunavut)

161
Yamdena
3,100[14]
1,200
 Indonesia (Maluku)

162
Waigeo
3,060[14]
1,180
 Indonesia (West Papua)

163
Akimiski Island
3,001[7]
1,159
 Canada (Nunavut)

164
Gotland
2,994[15]
1,156
 Sweden (Gotland)

165
Funen (Fyn)
2,985[13]
1,153
 Denmark (Southern Denmark)

166
Choiseul Island
2,971
1,147
 Solomon Islands (Choiseul Province)

167
Revillagigedo Island
2,965
1,145
 United States (Alaska)

168
Taliabu
2,913
1,125
 Indonesia (North Maluku)

169
Muna Island
2,889
1,115
 Indonesia (South East Sulawesi)

170
Zemlya Georga
2,821
1,089
 Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

171
Kupreanof Island
2,813
1,086
 United States (Alaska)

172
Borden Island
2,794[7]
1,079
 Canada (Northwest Territories and Nunavut)

173
North Andaman Island
2,781
1,074
 India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)

174
Manitoulin Island
2,766[16]
1,068
 Canada (Ontario) (world's largest freshwater lake island)

175
Unalaska Island
2,722
1,051
 United States (Alaska)

176
Saaremaa
2,672
1,032
 Estonia (Saaremaa)

177
Moresby Island
2,608[7]
1,007
 Canada (British Columbia)

178
James Ross Island
2,598
1,003
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom)

179
Obira
2,542
981
 Indonesia (North Maluku)

180
Réunion
2,535
979
 France (Réunion, overseas department)

text: Islands 1,000–2,499 km2 (386–965 sq mi)[edit]

text: This section of the list might not be complete, but covers almost all of the islands in the world over 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi). The area of some Antarctic islands is uncertain.

text:
Rank
Island's name
Area
(km2)[4]
Area
(sq mi)
Country or countries

181
Navarino Island
2,473[citation needed]
955
 Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)

182
Paramushir
2,471[14]
954
 Russia (Sakhalin Oblast)

183
Ross Island
2,460[14]
950
None (Antarctic territorial claim by  New Zealand)

184
Ymer Island
2,437
941
 Greenland, forms part of the Danish Realm ( Denmark)

185
Anvers Island
2,432
939
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom)

186
Karaginsky Island
2,404[citation needed]
928
 Russia (Kamchatka Krai)

187
Cornwall Island
2,358[7]
910
 Canada (Nunavut)

188
Peleng
2,346
906
 Indonesia (Central Sulawesi)

189
Groote Eylandt
2,285
882
 Australia (Northern Territory)

190
Yapen
2,278
880
 Indonesia (Papua)

191
Morotai
2,266
875
 Indonesia (North Maluku)

192
Princess Royal Island
2,251[7]
869
 Canada (British Columbia)

193
Isla de la Juventud
2,237
864
 Cuba (Isla de la Juventud)

194
Wilczek Land
2,203[citation needed]
851
 Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

195
Hinnøya
2,198[10]
849
 Norway (Nordland and Troms)

196
Nelson Island
2,183[citation needed]
843
 United States (Alaska)

197
Richards Island
2,165[7]
836
 Canada (Northwest Territories)

198
Trangan
2,149
830
 Indonesia (Maluku)

199
Alor Island
2,120
820
 Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)

200
Margarita Island
2,100
810
 Colombia (an inland fluvial island in the Magdalena River, not to be confused with the Caribbean Venezuelan island)

201
Lewis and Harris
2,086
805
 United Kingdom (Scotland)

202
Laut Island
2,057
794
 Indonesia (South Kalimantan)

203
Malakula
2,041
788
 Vanuatu (Malampa Province)

204
New Georgia
2,037
786
 Solomon Islands (Western Province)

205
Misool
2,034
785
 Indonesia (West Papua)

206
Magdalena Island
2,025
782
 Chile (Aysén Region)

207
René-Levasseur Island
2,020[16]
780
 Canada (Quebec) (largest artificial island)

208
Tenerife
2,008
775
 Spain (Canary Islands)

209
Ayon Island
2,000[citation needed]
770
 Russia (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)

210
Kuiu Island
1,962
758
 United States (Alaska)

211
Manus Island
1,940
750
 Papua New Guinea (Manus Province)

212
Bioko
1,935
747
 Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Norte Province and Bioko Sur Province)

213
Biak
1,904
735
 Indonesia (Papua)

214
Maui
1,903
735
 United States (Hawaii)

215
Bacan
1,900
730
 Indonesia (North Maluku)

216
Žitný ostrov
1,886[citation needed]
728
 Slovakia (Bratislava Region, Trnava Region and Nitra Region)

217
Mauritius
1,874
724
 Mauritius

218
Fraser Island
1,840[17]
710
 Australia (Queensland) (world's largest sand island)

219
Jejudo
1,826[18]
705
 South Korea (Jeju Province)

220
Stewart Island/Rakiura
1,815
701
 New Zealand (Southland)

221
Bely Island
1,810
700
 Russia (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)

222
Afognak
1,809
698
 United States (Alaska)

223
Umnak
1,793
692
 United States (Alaska)

224
Bolshoy Shantar Island
1,766
682
 Russia (Khabarovsk Krai)

225
Bolshoy Begichev Island
1,764
681
 Russia (Sakha Republic)

226
Simeulue
1,754
677
 Indonesia (Aceh)

227
Kobroor
1,723
665
 Indonesia (Maluku)

228
Air Force Island
1,720[7]
660
 Canada (Nunavut)

229
Natuna Besar
1,720[citation needed]
660
 Indonesia (Riau Islands)

230
Savai'i
1,718
663
 Samoa (Fa'asaleleaga, Gaga'emauga, Gaga'ifomauga, Vaisigano, Satupa'itea and Palauli)

231
Geographical Society Island
1,717
663
 Greenland, forms part of the Danish Realm ( Denmark)

232
Bathurst Island
1,692
653
 Australia (Northern Territory)

233
Bering Island
1,660[citation needed]
640
 Russia (Kamchatka Krai)

234
Skye
1,659
641
 United Kingdom (Scotland)

235
Lesbos (Lesvos)
1,641
634
 Greece (North Aegean)

236
Soisalo
1,635[19]
631
 Finland (Northern Savonia and Southern Savonia)

237
Fuerteventura
1,633
631
 Spain (Canary Islands)

238
Salawati
1,623
627
 Indonesia (West Papua)

239
Great Inagua
1,615
624
 Bahamas (Inagua)

240
Kunashir Island
1,612
622
 Russia (Sakhalin Oblast) (also claimed by  Japan (Hokkaidō region))

241
Joinville Island
1,607
620
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom)

242
Tanahbesar (Wokam)
1,604
619
 Indonesia (Maluku)

243
Rantau
1,598
617
 Indonesia (Riau)

244
Senja
1,590[10]
610
 Norway (Troms)

245
Flaherty Island
1,585[7]
612
 Canada (Nunavut)

246
Oahu
1,583
611
 United States (Hawaii)

247
Zanzibar (Unguja)
1,575
608
 Tanzania (Unguja North Region, Unguja South Region and Mjini Magharibi Region)

248
Graham Bell Island
1,557
601
 Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

249
Eglinton Island
1,541[7]
595
 Canada (Northwest Territories)

250
Middle Andaman Island
1,536[18]
593
 India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)

251
Clavering Island
1,535
593
 Greenland, forms part of the Danish Realm ( Denmark)

252
Gran Canaria
1,530
590
 Spain (Canary Islands)

253
Pioneer Island
1,527
590
 Russia (Krasnoyarsk Krai)

254
Great Karimun
1,524
588
 Indonesia (Riau Islands)

255
Catanduanes
1,523
588
 Philippines (Bicol Region

256
Charcot Island
1,500[citation needed]
580
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Chile and  United Kingdom)

257
Rupat
1,490
580
 Indonesia (Riau)

258
Qeshm
1,488
575
 Iran (Hormozgan Province)

259
Nares Land
1,466
566
 Greenland, forms part of the Danish Realm ( Denmark)

260
South Andros Island
1,448
559
 Bahamas (South Andros)

261
Bhola Island
1,441[citation needed]
556
 Bangladesh (Barisal Division)

262
Fergusson Island
1,437
555
 Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province)

263
Urup
1,437
555
 Russia (Sakhalin Oblast)

264
Kauai
1,435
554
 United States (Hawaii)

265
São Luís Island
1,410[citation needed]
540
 Brazil (Maranhão)

266
Rhodes
1,410
540
 Greece (South Aegean)

267
King George Island
1,384
534
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Argentina,  Chile and  United Kingdom)

268
Graham Island
1,378[7]
532
 Canada (Nunavut)

269
Pitt Island
1,375[7]
531
 Canada (British Columbia)

270
Nottingham Island
1,372[7]
530
 Canada (Nunavut)

271
Desolación Island
1,352
522
 Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)

272
Ramree Island
1,350[18]
520
 Myanmar (Rakhine State)

273
Flinders Island
1,330
510
 Australia (Tasmania)

274
Öland
1,347[15]
520
 Sweden (Kalmar)

275
Lougheed Island
1,308[7]
505
 Canada (Nunavut)

276
Dawson Island
1,290
500
 Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)

277
Barentsøya (Barents)
1,288[20]
497
 Norway (Svalbard)

278
Lembata (Lomblen)
1,270
490
 Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)

279
Chongming Island
1,267[citation needed]
489
 People's Republic of China (Shanghai Municipality)

280
Basilan
1,266
489
 Philippines (Muslim Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula)

281
Shannon Island
1,259
486
 Greenland, forms part of the Danish Realm ( Denmark)

282
Mill Island
1,258
486
None (Antarctic territorial claim by  Australia)

283
Morfil
1,250
480
 Senegal (Saint-Louis Region)

284
Lolland
1,243[13]
480
 Denmark (Zealand)

285
Mangole Island
1,229
475
 Indonesia (North Maluku)

286
New Hanover Island (Lavongai)
1,227
474
 Papua New Guinea (New Ireland Province)

287
Rote Island
1,227
474
 Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara)

288
South Andaman Island
1,211
468
 India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands)

289
Okinawa Island
1,200
460
 Japan (Ryukyu Islands)

290
Oleniy Island
1,197
462
 Russia (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)

291
Tiburón Island
1,190
460
 Mexico (Sonora)

292
Campana Island
1,188
459
 Chile (Aisén Region)

293
Bintan Island
1,173
453
 Indonesia (Riau Islands)

294
Martinique
1,167
451
 France (Martinique, overseas department)

295
Aracena Island
1,164
449
 Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)

296
Sherman Island
1,159
447
None (unclaimed island of Antarctica)

297
Byam Martin Island
1,150[7]
440
 Canada (Nunavut)

298
Great Abaco
1,146
442
 Bahamas (North Abaco, Central Abaco and South Abaco)

299
Lifou Island
1,146
442
 New Caledonia, special collectivity of  France

300
Wales Island
1,137[7]
439
 Canada (Nunavut)

301
Île Vanier
1,126[7]
435
 Canada (Nunavut)

302
Upolu
1,125
434
 Samoa (Tuamasaga, A'ana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Va'a-o-Fonoti and Gaga'emauga)

303
King Island
1,121
433
 Australia (Tasmania)

304
Clarence Island
1,111
429
 Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)

305
Padang Island
1,109
428
 Indonesia (Riau)

306
Grand Bahama
1,096
423
 Bahamas (East Grand Bahama, West Grand Bahama and Freeport)

307
Alexandra Land (Zemlya Aleksandry)
1,095
423
 Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

308
Rowley Island
1,090[7]
420
 Canada (Nunavut)

309
Hecla Island
1,084[21]
419
 Canada (Manitoba)

310
Tahiti
1,069
413
 French Polynesia, overseas collectivity of  France

311
Sääminginsalo
1,069[19]
413
 Finland (Southern Savonia) (not a true island because it is detached from the mainland by an artificial canal)

312
Serrano Island
1,063
410
 Chile (Aisén Region)

313
Atka Island
1,061
410
 United States (Alaska)

314
Cameron Island
1,059[7]
409
 Canada (Nunavut)

315
Gallya (Hall Island)
1,049
405
 Russia (Arkhangelsk Oblast)

316
Madre de Dios Island
1,043
403
 Chile (Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region)

317
Normanby Island
1,040
400
 Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay Province)

318
Hiiumaa
1,031
398
 Estonia (Hiiumaa)

319
Margarita Island
1,020
390
 Venezuela (Nueva Esparta)

320
Resolution Island
1,015[7]
392
 Canada (Nunavut)

321
Grande Comore
1,013
391
 Comoros (Grande Comore)

322
Mornington Island
1,002[citation needed]
387
 Australia (Queensland)

323
Smyley Island
1,000[citation needed]
390
None (Antarctic territorial claims by  Chile and  United Kingdom)


document_title: List of largest banks

question_text: who is the richest bank in the world

question_tokens: who is the richest bank in the world

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text: List of largest banks

text: This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. (September 2013)

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text: These are a list of the banks in the world, as measured by total assets.[1]

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text: By total assets[edit]

text: The list is based on the S&P Global Market Intelligence report 2018 of the 100 largest banks in the world.[1] Accounting treatment affects the assets reported. For example, the United States uses US GAAP (as opposed to IFRS), which only reports the net derivative position in most cases, leading to US banks having fewer derivative assets than comparable non-US banks.[2]

text:
Rank
Bank name
Total assets
(US$ billion)

1
 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
4,009.26

2
 China Construction Bank Corporation
3,400.25

3
 Agricultural Bank of China
3,235.65

4
 Bank of China
2,991.90

5
 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
2,784.74

6
 JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2,533.60

7
 HSBC Holdings PLC
2,521.77

8
 BNP Paribas
2,357.07

9
 Bank of America
2,281.23

10
 Crédit Agricole
2,117.16

11
 Wells Fargo & Co.
1,951.76

12
 Japan Post Bank
1,874.02

13
 Citigroup Inc.
1,842.47

14
 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
1,775.14

15
 Deutsche Bank
1,765.85

16
 Banco Santander
1,736.23

17
 Mizuho Financial Group
1,715.25

18
 Barclays PLC
1,531.73

19
 Société Générale
1,531.13

20
 Groupe BPCE
1,512.27

21
 Bank of Communications
1,389.07

22
 Postal Savings Bank of China
1,385.12

23
 Lloyds Banking Group
1,097.67

24
 Royal Bank of Canada
1038.53

25
 Toronto-Dominion Bank
1026.36

26
 ING Group
1016.11

27
 Norinchukin Bank
1006.98

28
 UniCredit
1004.79

29
 Royal Bank of Scotland Group
997.58

30
 Industrial Bank (China)
986.55

31
 China Merchants Bank
967.87

32
 Intesa Sanpaolo
961.22

33
 Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
942.88

34
 UBS
939.54

35
 Goldman Sachs
916.78

36
 China Minsheng Bank
907.08

37
 China CITIC Bank
872.59

38
 Morgan Stanley
851.73

39
 Crédit Mutuel
836.87

40
 Credit Suisse
817.08

41
 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
805.74

42
 Scotiabank
773.37

43
 Commonwealth Bank
751.39

44
 Rabobank
724.05

45
 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
703.84

46
 Nordea
698.38

47
 Westpac
668.19

48
 Standard Chartered
663.50

49
 China Everbright Bank
628.31

50
 National Australia Bank
618.34

51
 DZ Bank
607.11

52
 Bank of Montreal
592.32

53
 Danske Bank
570.83

54
 Commerzbank
543.34

55
 State Bank of India
535.04

56
 Resona Holdings
507.61

57
 Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
503.76

58
 Ping An Bank
499.25

59
 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
477.60

60
 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings
471.89

text: Banks by country[edit]

text:
Rank
Country
Number of banks in the top 100 by total assets [1]

1
 China
18

2
 United States
12

3
 Japan
8

4
 United Kingdom
6

 France
6

6
 Canada
5

 Germany
5

 Spain
5

9
 Australia
4

 Brazil
4

 Sweden
4

 South Korea
4

13
 Italy
3

 Netherlands
3

 Singapore
3

16
 Belgium
2

  Switzerland
2

18
 Austria
1

 Denmark
1

 India
1

 Norway
1

 Russia
1

 Taiwan
1


document_title: United States Secret Service

question_text: what kind of guns does the secret service carry

question_tokens: what kind of guns does the secret service carry

text: United States Secret Service

text: Dual mission[edit]

text: The Secret Service is mandated by Congress to carry out a unique dual mission: safeguarding the financial and critical infrastructure of the United States, and protecting the nation’s leaders. The two core missions of investigations and protection synergize with the other, providing crucial benefits to special agents during the course of their careers. Skills developed during the course of investigations which are also used in an agent’s protective duties include but are not limited to:

text:
Proficiency in analyzing handwriting and forgery techniques being applied in protective investigations of handwritten letters and suspicious package threats.
Expertise in investigating electronic and financial crimes being applied in protective investigations of threats made against the nation's leaders on the Internet.
Tactical operation (i.e. surveillance, arrests, and search warrants) and law enforcement writing (i.e. affidavits, after action reports, and operations plans) skills being applied to both investigative and protective duties.
Partnerships that are created between field offices and local law enforcement during the course of investigations being used to gather both protective intelligence and in coordinating protection events.

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text: The Secret Service's primary investigative mission is to protect the payment and financial systems of the United States from such crimes as financial institution fraud, computer and telecommunications fraud, false identification documents, access device fraud, advance fee fraud, electronic funds transfers and money laundering as it relates to the agency's core violations.

text: Protection remains the other key mission of the United States Secret Service. After the 1901 assassination of President William McKinley, Congress also directed the Secret Service to protect the President of the United States.

text: The Secret Service is authorized by law to protect:[6]

text:
The President, Vice President (or other officer next in the order of succession to the Office of President, should the Vice Presidency be vacant), President-elect and Vice President-elect
The immediate families of the above individuals
Former Presidents and their spouses for their lifetimes (except when the spouse divorces or remarries), under the Former Presidents Act. From 1997 until 2013, legislation was in place limiting Secret Service protection to former Presidents and their spouses to a period of 10 years from the date the former President leaves office. President Barack Obama signed legislation on January 10, 2013, reversing this limit and reinstating lifetime protection.[7][8][9]
The widow or widower of a former President who dies in office or dies within a year of leaving office for a period of one year after the President's death (the Secretary of Homeland Security can extend the protection time)
Children of former Presidents until age 16 or 10 years after the presidency
Former Vice Presidents, their spouses, and their children under 16 years of age, for up to 6 months from the date the former Vice President leaves office (the Secretary of Homeland Security can extend the protection time)
Visiting heads of states or governments and their spouses traveling with them
Other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad, as directed by the President
Major presidential and vice presidential candidates[10]
The spouses of major presidential and vice presidential candidates (within 120 days of a general presidential election)
Other individuals as designated per executive order of the President
National Special Security Events, when designated as such by the Secretary of Homeland Security

text: Any of these individuals may decline Secret Service protection except the President, the Vice President (or other officer next in the order of succession to the Office of President), the President-elect, and the Vice President-elect.[6]

text: When Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State in 2009, the Secret Service continued to protect her at home; however the Diplomatic Security Service protected her while she was performing her duties as the Secretary of State, including foreign travel.

text: The Secret Service investigates thousands of incidents each year of individuals threatening the President of the United States.

text: In the face of budget pressure, hiring challenges and some high-profile lapses in its protective service role in 2014, the Brookings Institution and some members of Congress are asking whether the agency's focus should shift more to the protective mission, leaving more of its original mission to other agencies.[11][12]

text: History[edit]

text: Early years[edit]

text: With a reported one third of the currency in circulation being counterfeit at the time,[13] the Secret Service was created on July 5, 1865 in Washington, D.C., to suppress counterfeit currency. Chief William P. Wood was sworn in by Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch. It was commissioned in Washington, D.C. as the "Secret Service Division" of the Department of the Treasury with the mission of suppressing counterfeiting. The legislation creating the agency was on Abraham Lincoln's desk the night he was assassinated.[14] At the time, the only other federal law enforcement agencies were the United States Park Police, the U.S. Post Office Department's Office of Instructions and Mail Depredations (now known as the United States Postal Inspection Service), and the U.S. Marshals Service. The Marshals did not have the manpower to investigate all crime under federal jurisdiction, so the Secret Service began to investigate everything from murder to bank robbery to illegal gambling. After the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901, Congress informally requested that the Secret Service provide presidential protection. A year later, the Secret Service assumed full-time responsibility for presidential protection. In 1902, William Craig became the first Secret Service agent to die while serving, in a road accident while riding in the presidential carriage.

text: The Secret Service was the first U.S. domestic intelligence and counterintelligence agency. Domestic intelligence collection and counterintelligence responsibilities were vested in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) upon the FBI's creation in 1908.

text: The Secret Service assisted in arresting Japanese American leaders and in the Japanese American internment during World War II.[15] The U.S. Secret Service is not a part of the U.S. Intelligence Community.[16]

text: 20th century[edit]

text: Taft assassination attempt[edit]

text: In 1909, President William H. Taft agreed to meet with Mexican President Porfirio Díaz in El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, the first meeting between a U.S. and a Mexican president and also the first time an American president visited Mexico.[17] But the historic summit resulted in serious assassination threats and other security concerns for the then small Secret Service, so the Texas Rangers, 4,000 U.S. and Mexican troops, BOI agents, U.S. marshals, and an additional 250 private security detail led by Frederick Russell Burnham, the celebrated scout, were all called in by Chief John Wilkie to provide added security.[18][19] On October 16, the day of the summit, Burnham discovered a man holding a concealed palm pistol standing at the El Paso Chamber of Commerce building along the procession route.[20] Burnham signaled a Texas Ranger, Private C.R. Moore, and the two men captured and disarmed the assassin within only a few feet of Díaz and Taft, preventing the shooting of both Presidents.[21]

text: In 1950, President Harry S. Truman was residing in Blair House while the White House, across the street, was undergoing renovations. On November 1, 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, approached Blair House with the intent to assassinate President Truman. Collazo and Torresola opened fire on Private Leslie Coffelt and other White House Police officers. Though mortally wounded by three shots from a 9 mm German Luger to his chest and abdomen, Private Coffelt returned fire, killing Torresola with a single shot to his head. As of 2017[update], Coffelt is the only member of the Secret Service killed while protecting a US president against an assassination attempt (Special Agent Tim McCarthy stepped in front of President Ronald Reagan during the assassination attempt of March 30, 1981, and took a bullet to the abdomen but made a full recovery). Collazo was also shot, but survived his injuries and served 29 years in prison before returning to Puerto Rico in late 1979.

text: In 1968, as a result of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, Congress authorized protection of major presidential and vice presidential candidates and nominees.[22] In 1965 and 1968, Congress also authorized lifetime protection of the spouses of deceased presidents unless they remarry and of the children of former presidents until age 16.[3]

text: The Secret Service Presidential Protective Division safeguards the President of the United States and his immediate family. They work with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and the military to safeguard the President when he travels in Air Force One, Marine One and by limousine in motorcades.

text: Although the most visible role of the Secret Service today, personal protection is an anomaly in the responsibilities of an agency focused on fraud and counterfeiting.

text: In 1984, the US Congress passed the Comprehensive Crime Control Act, which extended the Secret Service's jurisdiction over credit card fraud and computer fraud.

text: In 1990, the Secret Service initiated Operation Sundevil, which they originally intended as a sting against malicious hackers, allegedly responsible for disrupting telephone services across the entire United States. The operation, which was later described by Bruce Sterling in his book The Hacker Crackdown, affected a great number of people unrelated to hacking, and led to no convictions. The Secret Service, however, was sued and required to pay damages.

text: In 1994 and 1995, it ran an undercover sting called Operation Cybersnare.[23] The Secret Service has concurrent jurisdiction with the FBI over certain violations of federal computer crime laws. They have created 24 Electronic Crimes Task Forces (ECTFs) across the United States. These task forces are partnerships between the Service, federal/state and local law enforcement, the private sector and academia aimed at combating technology-based crimes.

text: In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed Presidential Decision Directive 62, which established National Special Security Events (NSSE). That directive made the Secret Service responsible for security at designated events. In 1999, the United States Secret Service Memorial Building was dedicated in DC, granting the agency its first headquarters. Prior to this, the agency's different departments were based in office space around the DC area.[24]

text: 21st century[edit]

text: September 11 attacks[edit]

text: The New York City Field office was located at 7 World Trade Center. Immediately after the World Trade Center was attacked as part of the September 11 attacks, Special Agents and other New York Field office employees were among the first to respond with first aid. Sixty-seven Special Agents in New York City, at and near the New York Field Office, helped to set up triage areas and evacuate the towers. One Secret Service employee, Master Special Officer Craig Miller,[25] died during the rescue efforts. On August 20, 2002, Director Brian L. Stafford awarded the Director's Valor Award to employees who assisted in the rescue attempts.[26]

text: Domestic expansion[edit]

text: Effective March 1, 2003, the Secret Service transferred from the Treasury to the newly established Department of Homeland Security.

text: The USA Patriot Act, signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001, mandated the Secret Service to establish a nationwide network of ECTFs in addition to the one already active in New York. As such, this mandate expanded on the agency's first ECTF—the New York Electronic Crimes Task Force, formed in 1995—which brought together federal, state and local law enforcement, prosecutors, private-industry companies, and academia. These bodies collectively provide necessary support and resources to field investigations that meet any one of the following criteria: significant economic or community impact; participation of organized criminal groups involving multiple districts or transnational organizations; or use of schemes involving new technology.[27][28]

text: The network prioritizes investigations that meet the following criteria:

text:
Significant economic or community impact,
Participation of multiple-district or transnational organized criminal groups,
Use of new technology as a means to commit crime.

text: Investigations conducted by ECTFs include crimes such as computer generated counterfeit currency; bank fraud; virus and worm proliferation; access device fraud; telecommunications fraud; Internet threats; computer system intrusions and cyber-attacks; phishing/spoofing; assistance with Internet-related child pornography and exploitation; and identity theft.[29]

text: The network includes ECTFs in the following 28 U.S. cities:

text:
Atlanta
Baltimore
Birmingham
Boston
Buffalo
Charlotte
Chicago
Cleveland
Columbia
Dallas

Houston
Kansas City[30]
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Louisville
Memphis[31]
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans[30]
New York/New Jersey

Oklahoma City
Orlando
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Seattle
St. Louis[30]
Washington, D.C.

text: International expansion[edit]

text: On July 6, 2009, the U.S. Secret Service expanded its fight on cyber-crime by creating the first European Electronic Crime Task Force, based on the successful U.S. domestic model, through a memorandum of understanding with Italian police and postal officials. Over a year later, on August 9, 2010, the agency expanded its European involvement by creating its second overseas ECTF in the United Kingdom.[32][33]

text: Both task forces are said to concentrate on a wide range of "computer-based criminal activity," including:

text:
Identity theft
Network intrusions
Other computer-related crimes affecting financial and other critical infrastructures.

text: The overseas network includes ECTFs in the following European cities:

text:
European Electronic Crime Task Force – Rome, Italy
London, United Kingdom

text: As of 2010, the Service had over 6,500 employees: 3,200 Special Agents, 1,300 Uniformed Division Officers, and 2,000 technical and administrative employees.[34] Special agents serve on protective details and investigate financial, cyber, and homeland security-related crimes.

text: In September 2014, the United States Secret Service came under criticism following two high-profile incidents involving intruders at the White House. One such intruder entered the East Room of the White House through an unlocked door.[35]

text: Another incident involved a violation of procedure in which an armed security guard for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rode in the same elevator as President Barack Obama during a visit to that agency's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss U.S. response to the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. The guard used his phone to record a video of Obama and refused to comply with a request to stop.[36] The guard had been arrested multiple times in the past, but had never been convicted of a crime.[37]

text: Attacks on presidents[edit]

text: Since the 1960s, Presidents John F. Kennedy (killed), Gerald Ford (twice attacked, but uninjured) and Ronald Reagan (seriously wounded) have been attacked while appearing in public.[38][39] Agents on scene though not injured during attacks on Presidents include William Greer and Roy Kellerman. One of the agents was Robert DeProspero, the Special Agent In Charge (SAIC) of Reagan's Presidential Protective Division (PPD) from January 1982 to April 1985. DeProspero was deputy to Jerry Parr, the SAIC of PPD during the Reagan assassination attempt on March 30, 1981.[40][41]

text: The Kennedy assassination spotlighted the bravery of two Secret Service agents. First, an agent protecting Mrs. Kennedy, Clint Hill, was riding in the car directly behind the presidential limousine when the attack began. While the shooting continued, Hill leapt from the running board of the car he was riding on and jumped onto the back of the President's moving car and guided Mrs. Kennedy from the trunk back into the rear seat of the car. He then shielded the President and the First Lady with his body until the car arrived at the hospital.

text: Rufus Youngblood was riding in the vice-presidential car. When the shots were fired, he vaulted over the front seat and threw his body over Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson.[42] That evening, Johnson called Secret Service Chief James J. Rowley and cited Youngblood's bravery.[43][44] Youngblood would later recall some of this in his memoir, Twenty Years in the Secret Service.

text: The period following the Kennedy assassination was the most difficult in the modern history of the agency. Press reports indicated that morale among the agents was "low" for months following the assassination.[45][46] The agency overhauled its procedures in the wake of the Kennedy killing. Training, which until that time had been confined largely to "on-the-job" efforts, was systematized and regularized.

text: The Reagan assassination attempt also highlighted the bravery of several Secret Service agents, particularly agent Tim McCarthy, who spread his stance to protect Reagan as six bullets were being fired by the would-be assassin, John Hinckley, Jr.[47] McCarthy survived a .22-caliber round in the abdomen. For his bravery, McCarthy received the NCAA Award of Valor in 1982.[48] Jerry Parr, the agent who pushed President Reagan into the limousine, and made the critical decision to divert the presidential motorcade to George Washington University Hospital instead of returning to the White House, was also honored with U.S. Congress commendations for his actions that day.[49] After the near-successful assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, it was clear that the Secret Service needed to increase its efficiency to protect the President.[citation needed]

text: Significant investigations[edit]

text: Arrest and indictment of Max Ray Butler, co-founder of the Carders Market carding website. Butler was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after his September 5, 2007 arrest, on wire fraud and identity theft charges. According to the indictment, Butler hacked over the Internet into computers at financial institutions and credit card processing centers and sold the tens of thousands of credit card numbers that he acquired in the process.[50]

text: Operation Firewall: In October 2004, 28 suspects—located across eight U.S. states and six countries—were arrested on charges of identity theft, computer fraud, credit-card fraud, and conspiracy. Nearly 30 national and foreign field offices of the U.S. Secret Service, including the newly established national ECTFs, and countless local enforcement agencies from around the globe, were involved in this operation. Collectively, the arrested suspects trafficked in at least 1.7 million stolen credit card numbers, which amounted to $4.3 million of losses to financial institutions. However, authorities estimated that prevented loss to the industry was in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The operation, which started in July 2003 and lasted for more than a year, led investigators to identify three cyber-criminal groups: Shadowcrew, Carderplanet, and Darkprofits.[51]

text: Arrest and indictment of Albert "Segvec" Gonzalez and 11 individuals; three U.S. citizens, one from Estonia, three from Ukraine, two from the People's Republic of China, one from Belarus, and one known only by an online alias. They were arrested on August 5, 2008, for the theft and sale of more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers from major U.S. retailers, including TJX Companies, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, Forever 21, and DSW. Gonzalez, the main organizer of the scheme, was charged with computer fraud, wire fraud, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy for his leading role in the crime.[52]

text: Structure[edit]

text:
Director of Secret Service
Deputy Director
Chief Operating Officer
Chief of Staff
Assistant Director
Deputy Assistant Director

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Special Agent in Charge (SAIC)
Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAIC)
Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge (ATSAIC)
Supervisory Special Agent (SSA)
Special Agent (SA)

text: Special Agent[edit]

text: The Secret Service special agent position is highly competitive. In 2011, the Service accepted less than 1% of its 15,600 special agent applicants.[53] While the Secret Service has always been a popular career path for former military and law enforcement personnel, the Service seeks to hire agents from a diverse range of backgrounds in fulfilling its dual mission, including accountants, lawyers, scientists, engineers, and foreign language specialists.

text: At a minimum, a prospective agent must be a U.S. citizen, possess a current valid driver's license, be in excellent health and physical condition, possess visual acuity no worse than 20/60 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 in each eye, and be between the ages of 21 and 37 at the time of appointment.[54] However, preference eligible veterans may apply after age 37. In 2009, the Office of Personnel Management issued implementation guidance on the Isabella v. Department of State court decision: OPM Letter.[55]

text: Prospective agents must also qualify for a TS/SCI (Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information) clearance, and undergo an extensive background investigation, to include in-depth interviews, drug screening, medical diagnosis, and full-scope polygraph examination.[54]

text: Special agents receive training in two locations, totaling approximately 7 months. The first phase, the Criminal Investigator Training Program (CITP) is conducted at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) at Glynco, GA, lasting approximately 12 weeks. The second phase, the Special Agent Training Course (SATC) is conducted at the Secret Service Academy, James J. Rowley Training Center (JJRTC), just outside Washington, D.C in Laurel, Maryland, lasting approximately 18 weeks.[56]

text: A typical special agent career path, depending upon performance and promotions that affect individual assignments, begins with the first six to eight years on the job assigned to a field office. Applicants are directed to list their office location preference during the application process, and upon receiving a final job offer, usually have several locations to choose from.[54]

text: After their field office experience, agents are usually transferred to a protective assignment where they will stay for three to five years. Following their protective assignment, many agents return to a field office for the rest of their careers, or opt for a headquarters based assignment located in Washington, D.C. During their careers, agents also have the opportunity to work overseas in one of the agency's international field offices. This typically requires foreign language training to ensure language proficiency when working alongside the agency's foreign law enforcement counterparts.[54]

text: Special agents are hired at either the GL-07 or GL-09 grade level, depending on individual qualifications and/or education.[54] Agents are eligible for promotion on a yearly basis, from GL-07, to GL-09, to GS-11, to GS-12, to GS-13 (GL-08 and GS-10 grade levels are skipped). The full performance grade level for a journeyman agent is GS-13, which a GL-07 and GL-09 agent may reach in as little as four and three years respectively. GS-13 agents are eligible for competitive promotion to supervisory agent positions, which compasses the GS-14, GS-15, and SES grade levels. GS-13 agents who wish to remain as field agents continue to advance the GS-13 step level on a near yearly basis, capping at GS-13 Step-10.

text: Special agents also qualify for Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP), a type of premium overtime pay which provides agents with an additional 25% bonus pay on top of their salary, given that they work an average workweek of 50 hours as opposed to 40. [57] A newly hired GL-07 and GL-09 agent, and newly promoted GS-11, GS-12, GS-13 Step-1, and GS-13 Step-10 agent living in the San Francisco Bay area and qualifying for LEAP pay, will earn approximately $69k, $77k, $90k, $108k, $129k, and $162k respectively.[58]

text: Due to the nature of their work and unique among their federal law enforcement counterparts (e.g. FBI, DEA, ATF, ICE), Secret Service agents are regularly eligible for scheduled overtime pay (SOT pay) in addition to LEAP overtime pay for hours worked beyond 50 per week, the pay of which is not to exceed Level II of the Executive Schedule (currently capped at $187k per year).[59]

text: Uniformed Division Officer[edit]

text: The Secret Service Uniformed Division is a security police similar to the U.S. Capitol Police or DHS Federal Protective Service and is in charge of protecting the physical White House grounds and foreign diplomatic missions in the Washington, D.C. area. Established in 1922 as the White House Police, this organization was fully integrated into the Secret Service in 1930. In 1970, the protection of foreign diplomatic missions was added to the force's responsibilities, and its name was changed to the Executive Protective Service. The name United States Secret Service Uniformed Division was adopted in 1977.

text: Secret Service Uniformed Division officers provide protection for the White House Complex, the Vice President's residence, the main Treasury Building and Annex, and foreign diplomatic missions and embassies in the Washington, D.C., area. Additionally, Uniformed Division officers travel in support of presidential, vice presidential and foreign head of state government missions.[60] Officers may, as their careers progress, be selected to participate in one of several specialized units, including the:

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Canine Unit: Performing security sweeps and responding to bomb threats and suspicious packages.
Emergency Response Team: Providing a coordinated tactical response for the White House and other protected facilities.
Countersniper Team: Utilizing observation, sighting equipment and high-performance weapons to provide a secure environment for protectees.
Motorcade Support Unit: Providing motorcycle tactical support for official movements of motorcades.
Crime Scene Search Unit: Photographing, collecting and processing physical and latent evidence.
Office of Training: Serving as firearms and classroom instructors or recruiters.
Special Operations Section: Handling special duties and functions at the White House Complex, including conducting the daily congressional and public tours of the White House.[60]

text: Special Officer[edit]

text: Secret Service special officers (not to be confused with Uniformed Division Officers) are federal agents who work within the Special Agent Division and perform a wide range of security functions and support assignments as part of the protective mission for the Secret Service. Whereas special agents alternate between protection and investigative assignments, special officers are hired only to work protection details. They must have a familiarity with all phases of protective responsibilities sufficient to assist in protective movements, cover designated security posts and drive protective vehicles.

text: Assignments may include

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Maintaining designated protective security posts that control movement of persons into and around multiple Secret Service facilities and associated areas
Inspecting all operational, safety, emergency, and convenience equipment of protective vehicles to ensure peak-operating condition
Driving protective or follow-up vehicles
Monitoring and operating various communications equipment
Using various advanced x-ray screening technologies to detect and identify high-risk items

text: Special officers are sworn law enforcement officers, and are authorized to make arrests in connection with their official duties. They are classified as federal agents but use "special officer" as their official title much the same way as Deputy US Marshals are special agents but use the title "Deputy US Marshal".

text: Newly appointed special officers must successfully complete eight (8) weeks of intensive training at the Special Officer Basic Training Course at the Secret Service James J. Rowley Training Center just outside Washington, D.C. The training includes courses such as Criminal Law, Laws of Arrest, Search and Seizure, Control Tactics, Civil Liability, Emergency Medicine, Basic Water Safety, Firearms and Weapons Handling, Radio Communications, Emergency Driving and Physical Fitness Training.

text: Weapons and equipment[edit]

text: Since the agency's inception, a variety of weapons have been carried by its agents.

text: Previous firearms[edit]

text: Initially the firearms were privately procured and there was little if any standardization. In the 1930s, the USSS issued the Colt M1911A1 pistol in .45 ACP caliber. In the 1950s and 1960s, Special Agents carried the Smith & Wesson Model 36 and Colt Detective Special .38-Special revolvers.

text: Following President Kennedy's assassination, USSS Special Agents were authorized to carry the .357 Magnum Smith & Wesson Model 19 revolver.

text: Between 1981 and 1991, the Secret Service issued the Smith & Wesson Model 19 and the Smith & Wesson Model 66 .357 Magnum revolvers, with 2.5-inch barrels all the way up to the 4-inch-barreled models, loaded with hollow-point rounds.

text: By 1992, the standard issue weapon became the SIG Sauer P228 9mm pistol. This weapon stayed in service through 1999.

text: The Secret Service replaced the Thompson submachine gun with the Uzi submachine gun in the 1970s. Uzis that the Secret Service used have slightly shorter-than-standard barrels so they could to fit inside the standard size Samsonite briefcases that concealed them. They phased out the Uzi in the mid 1990s and replaced it with the H&K MP5. The Secret Service was the last Federal agency to use the Uzi.

text: The Counter-Assault Team used the M4 carbine from the early 1990s until 2006, when they replaced it with the SR-15 carbine.

text: Current weapons[edit]

text: The current sidearm for USSS agents is the SIG Sauer P229 chambered in .357 SIG (which entered service in 1999) or FN Five-seveN chambered in FN 5.7x28mm.

text: Agents and officers are trained on standard shoulder weapons that include the FN P90 submachine gun,[61] the 9mm Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun, and the 12-gauge Remington 870 shotgun.[61] The agency has initiated a procurement process to ultimately replace the MP5 with a 5.56mm rifle HK416.[62]

text: As a non-lethal option, Special Agents, Special Officers, and Uniformed Division Officers are armed with the ASP baton, and Uniformed Division officers carry pepper spray.

text: Communications[edit]

text: The agency uses Motorola XTS and APX radios and surveillance kits in order to maintain communications. These radios are known to use DES encryption keys. When operationally required, members of the Special Operations Division use military grade radios that use Type 1 encryption algorithms.[citation needed]

text: Vehicles[edit]

text: When transporting the President in a motorcade, the Secret Service uses a fleet of custom-built armored Cadillac Parade Limousines, the newest and largest version of which is known as "The Beast". Armored Chevrolet Suburbans are also used when logistics require such a vehicle or when a more low profile appearance is required. For official movement the limousine is affixed with U.S. and presidential flags and the presidential seal on the rear doors. For unofficial events the vehicles are left sterile and unadorned.[26]

text: Attire[edit]

text: Special Agents and Special Officers of the Secret Service wear attire that is appropriate for their surroundings, in order to blend in as much as possible. In most circumstances, the attire of a close protection shift is a conservative suit, but it can range from a tuxedo to casual clothing as required by the environment. Stereotypically Secret Service agents are often portrayed wearing reflective sunglasses and a communication earpiece. Often their attire is customized to conceal the wide array of equipment worn in service. Agents wear a distinctive lapel pin that identifies them to other agents.[citation needed]

text: The attire for Uniformed Division Officers includes standard police uniforms or utility uniforms and ballistic/identification vests for members of the countersniper team, Emergency Response Team (ERT), and canine officers. The shoulder patch of the Uniformed Division consists of the U.S. coat of arms on white or black, depending on the garment. Also, the shoulder patch is embroidered with "U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Police" around the emblem.[63]

text: Field offices[edit]

text: The Secret Service has agents assigned to 136 field offices and field agencies, and the headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Service's offices are located in cities throughout the United States and in Brazil (Brasilia), Bulgaria (Sofia), Canada (Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver), Colombia (Bogota), China (Hong Kong), France (Paris, Lyon), Germany (Frankfurt), Italy (Rome), Mexico (Mexico City), Netherlands (The Hague), Romania (Bucharest), Russia (Moscow), South Africa (Pretoria), Spain (Madrid), Thailand (Bangkok), and the United Kingdom (London). The offices in Lyon and The Hague are respectively responsible for liaison with the headquarters of Interpol and Europol, located in those cities.[64]

text: Misconduct[edit]

text: In April 2012, an incident involving the president's security detail received international press attention. The incident involved 11 agents and personnel from four branches of the U.S. military; they allegedly engaged prostitutes while assigned to protect the U.S. President at the 6th Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia. As of April 24, 2012, nine employees had resigned or retired.[65][66]

text: After the incident was publicized, the Secret Service implemented new rules for its personnel.[67][68][69][70] The rules prohibit personnel from visiting "non-reputable establishments"[68] and from consuming alcohol fewer than ten hours before starting work. Additionally, they restrict who is allowed in hotel rooms.[68]

text: A few weeks later, stories emerged of Secret Service agents hiring strippers and prostitutes prior to Obama's 2011 visit to El Salvador.[71]

text: In 2015, two inebriated senior service agents drove an official car into the White House complex and collided with a barrier. One of the congressmen in the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that investigated that incident was Jason Chaffetz. In September 2015, it was revealed that 18 Secret Service employees or supervisors, including Assistant Director Ed Lowery, accessed an unsuccessful 2003 application by Chaffetz for employment with the agency and discussed leaking the information to the media in retaliation for Chaffetz' investigations of agency misconduct. The confidential personal information was later leaked to The Daily Beast. Agency Director Joe Clancy apologized to Chaffetz and said that disciplinary action would be taken against those responsible.[72]

text: In March 2017, a member of US Vice President Mike Pence's detail was suspended after he was caught visiting a prostitute at a hotel in Maryland.[73]

text: In popular culture[edit]

text: Films[edit]

text:
Mister 880 (1950): Unlike most films with a Secret Service theme, this one features their anti-counterfeiting role: an agent (Burt Lancaster) tracks down an elderly man (Edmund Gwenn) who counterfeits only small amounts of money.
Suddenly (1954 film): A group of hired assassins take over a house overlooking a rail-station in the small town of Suddenly where the President of the United States is expected to make a stop. The town's sheriff and a team of Secret Service agents work to foil the plot. Stars Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason and Nancy Gates.
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985): A Secret Service agent (William L. Petersen) is determined to bring down, by any means necessary, a counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe) who murdered the agent's partner.
Assassination (1987): U.S. Secret Service agent Jay Killion (Charles Bronson) must protect First Lady Lara Royce Craig (Jill Ireland) from a plot on her life.
The Bodyguard (1992): Kevin Costner stars as a former Secret Service agent who is hired as a bodyguard to protect a music star, played by Whitney Houston, from an unknown stalker.
In the Line of Fire (1993): Psychological thriller in which Clint Eastwood plays a Secret Service Agent who had been on the presidential protection detail during the John F. Kennedy assassination. He is now pursuing a deranged former CIA special operations assassin who is intent on killing the current U.S. President.
Guarding Tess (1994): Nicolas Cage plays an agent assigned to guard a former First Lady.
Hackers (1995): Secret Service Agent Richard Gill (Wendell Pierce) is responsible for the pursuit of the young hackers throughout the entire film.
First Kid (1996): Sinbad and Timothy Busfield appear as Secret Service agents in charge of protecting the President's son.
Murder at 1600 (1997): A thriller adaptation starring Wesley Snipes of the novel Murder In The White House by Margaret Truman, daughter of President Truman.
First Target (1999): Daryl Hannah is a Secret Service agent who uncovers a plot involving senior US politicians and rogue Secret Service agents to kill the President whilst on vacation.
Wild Wild West (1999): Action parody starring Will Smith and Kevin Kline as, respectively, U.S. Army Captain James West and U.S. Marshal Artemus Gordon. Set in 1869, they battle a madman who kidnaps President Ulysses S. Grant as part of his plot to dismember the United States. At the end of the film, President Grant promotes them to Agents #1 and #2 of his new Secret Service.
First Daughter (2004): Katie Holmes as the daughter of the President, who goes to college.
The Sentinel (2006): Thriller starring Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, and Eva Longoria as Secret Service agents investigating a potential assassination attempt and traitor in the Secret Service.
Vantage Point (2008): An assassination attempt on the President of the United States is seen from a different set of vantage points through the eyes of eight witnesses. Dennis Quaid plays the Secret Service agent pursuing the terrorists.
Olympus Has Fallen (2013): An attempt to destroy and capture the White House and the President of United States, President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart), by a North Korean terrorist leader, Kang Yeonsak (Rick Yune) with his commandos. A Secret Service agent, Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), was trapped in the White House (Olympus) and works to save the President. Continued in the sequel London Has Fallen (2016)
White House Down (2013): John Cale (Channing Tatum) is a U.S. Capitol Police officer and is a hopeful candidate for a special agent position at the U.S. Secret Service. Cale attempts to foil a terrorist attack on the White House and save the President from the terrorists.
The Purge: Election Year (2016): Former LAPD sergeant Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo) is the chief of security for a US Senator running for the presidency and hoping to outlaw an annual 12-hour period taking place from March 21 to 22 wherein all crimes are legal. He is later promoted to chief of the Secret Service upon the Senator's victory in the election two months after the final annual Purge.
"Max 2: White House Hero " (2017): Adventure starring Zane Austin where Max, a dog develop a bond.

text: Television[edit]

text:
The Wild Wild West (1965): A highly popular Western action series, set in the early- to mid- 1870s, starring Robert Conrad and Ross Martin as Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon. West and Gordon pursue a variety of villains across the old west and often report directly to President Ulysses S. Grant. Two reunion telemovies were screened in 1979 and 1980, followed by the film Wild Wild West (above).
24 (2001): Involves many characters and operations within the Secret Service as they protect the presidents throughout the series, most notable Agent Aaron Pierce, played by Glenn Morshower.
House of Cards (2013): Edward Meechum initially serves as a bodyguard to President Frank Underwood when he was Majority Whip but later gets promoted to the Secret Service when Underwood became Vice President (remaining on his detail when he becomes president). During an assassination attempt on President Underwood, Edward Meechum takes a bullet for the president and shoots and kills the gunman before immediately dying from his injuries.
Intelligence (2014): U.S. Secret Service agent Riley Neal (Meghan Ory) is recruited by the U.S. Cyber Command to provide protective services for Cyber Command agent Gabriel Vaughn (Josh Holloway), into whose brain a high-tech microchip has been implanted.
Wayward Pines (2015): After a car crash, U.S. Secret Service agent Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon) wakes up in the mysterious town of Wayward Pines, where the inexplicable happens and from which there is no escape.

text: Video games[edit]

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Resident Evil 4 (2007): Leon S. Kennedy is a Secret Service agent after the events of Resident Evil 2. His mission in the game is to find the President's daughter, who has been kidnapped.
Secret Service (2008): A first-person shooter video game, developed by Cauldron HQ and published by Activision Value for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360.

text: Similar federal law enforcement agencies[edit]

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)
U.S. Marshals Service (USMS)
Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS)
U.S. Diplomatic Security Service (DSS)
Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID)
U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)


document_title: La Voce (album)

question_text: who wrote the song someone to remember me

text: La Voce (album)

text: Track listing[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Arranger(s)
Length

1.
"Parla Piu Piano"
Nino Rota, Gianni Boncompagni
Maestro Peppe Vessicchio
4:07

2.
"E Sara Cosi"
Sergei Rachmaninov, Giuseppi Marcucci, Massimo Bizzarri
Sally Herbert
3:39

3.
"Be My Love"
Nickolaus Brodsky, Sammy Cahn
Sally Herbert
3:14

4.
"Arrivederci Roma"
Pietro Garinei, Renato Ranucci, Alessandro Giovanni
Maestro Peppe Vessicchio
3:26

5.
"Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)"
Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavincini
Maestro Peppe Vessicchio
3:53

6.
"La Vita Senza Te"
Andy Hill, Antonio Galbiata
Steven Baker
4:14

7.
"Concerto D’Autunno"
Camillo Bargoni, Danpa
Sally Herbert
3:45

8.
"Intermezzo"
Pietro Mascagni, Piero Mazzoni
Steven Baker
4:55

9.
"Love Story"
Francis Lai, Carl Sigman
Maestro Peppe Vessicchio
4:06

10.
"Solo Con Te"
Andy Hill, Jim Cregan, Valerio Calisse
Maestro Renato Serio
4:25

11.
"Adagio"
Remo Giazotto, Lara Fabian
Sally Herbert
3:51

12.
"Parlami D'Amore Mariù"
Cesare Bixio, Ennio Neri
Maestro Peppe Vessicchio
4:10

13.
"Someone to Remember Me"
Wayne Hector, Steve Robson
Maestro Renato Serio
4:32

text: Critical reception[edit]

text:
Professional ratings

Review scores

Source
Rating

Daily Express
[8]

Female First
[9]

Indie London
[10]

The Sun (United Kingdom)
[11]

text: La Voce was received extremely well by The Sun (United Kingdom) and Daily Express; garnering five[12] and four stars.[13] The Sun gave the album five stars as they thought "maximum points for guts, but the music deserves it too."

text: Chart performance[edit]

text:
Chart (2010–11)
Peak
position

Australian Albums Chart
31

European Top 100 Albums[14]
43

UK Albums Chart[15]
13

UK Classical Chart[16]
1

text: Release history[edit]

text:
Region
Date
Format
Label
Catalogue
Barcode

United Kingdom
29 November 2010
CD, digital download
Epic Records
88697773392
886977733925