U.S. gamble may pay off in high stakes crime battle. (controversy over FBI assistance to foreign governments to fight organized crime) (Cover Story)

From: Insight on the News | Date: July 25, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

On a whirlwind 10-day tour of Eastern European capitals that ended in Moscow early this month, FBI Director Louis Freeh laid the groundwork for what he called "the beginnings of a global strategy against organized crime." Accompanied by Drug Enforcement Administration chief Thomas Constantine and 20 federal law enforcement officers from the Justice and Treasury departments, Freeh made his message clear in capital after capital. "Organized crime groups are working to supplant governments, and any government that ignores the fact does so at its own peril," he told officials and ...

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