Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Type	FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Also known as	Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) BATFE
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto
Locations	United States of America
Business & Operation
Weapons	#Weapons

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice that appears in Grand Theft Auto.

Description

ATF's responsibilities include the investigation and prevention of federal offenses involving the unlawful use, manufacture, and possession of firearms and explosives; acts of arson and bombings; and illegal trafficking and tax evasion of alcohol and tobacco products. The ATF also regulates via licensing the sale, possession, and transportation of firearms, ammunition, and explosives in interstate commerce.

Events of Grand Theft Auto

By 1997, the ATF along with many other law enforcement agencies are investigating VCPD corrupt police officer Samuel Deever for many of his crimes. ATF agents makes a minor appearance during the Bent Cop Blues - Phone 13 mission. After Deever sends the GTA Protagonist to kill Dell from Internal Affairs, Deever tries to leave Vice City but ends up being chased by the ATF agents, forcing him to hide in his house in South Banana Grove.

Equipment

Weapons

Grand Theft Auto

Pistol

Machine Gun

Gallery

Armed ATF agents outside the courthouse in Coral City in Vice City.

The GTA Protagonist and Samuel Deever escaping the ATF.

Mission Appearances

Grand Theft Auto

• Bent Cop Blues - Phone 13

Trivia

• The ATF exists in some different form in the HD Universe, also using its real-life abbreviation, as it is briefly mentioned during The Project Breakaway File mission strand in Grand Theft Auto Online as part of the Agents of Sabotage update.