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FMC Appoints 1st Director of Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations and Compliance

The Federal Maritime Commission hired John Crews as the first director of its Bureau of Enforcement, Investigations and Compliance, the commission said May 8. He will “supervise and coordinate the personnel and activities” of the FMC enforcement program's three offices that were consolidated to form BEIC.

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A former police officer, Crews joins BEIC from DOJ, where he most recently spent six years as an immigration judge and earlier worked as an attorney adviser and an assistant U.S. attorney. “I am confident Mr. Crews will provide effective leadership of BEIC and his efforts will be instrumental in achieving deterrence through enforcement,” FMC Chair Daniel Maffei said.