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WAR ON ORGANIZED CRIME FALTERING - FEDERAL STRIKE FORCES NOT GETTING THE JOB DONE

NCJ Number
40988
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1977
Length
67 pages
Annotation
THIS REPORT BY THE U.S. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ADDRESSES THE FIGHT AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME THROUGH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S STRIKE FORCES AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
Abstract
THE OPERATIONS OF SIX STRIKE FORCES LOCATED IN CLEVELAND, DETROIT, LOS ANGELES, NEW ORLEANS, BROOKLYN, AND MANHATTAN WERE STUDIED. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT DEVELOPED A STRATEGY TO FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME; THERE IS NO AGREEMENT ON WHAT ORGANIZED CRIME IS; THE STRIKE FORCES HAVE NO STATEMENTS OF OBJECTIVES OR PLANS FOR ACTION; NO NATIONAL OR INDIVIDUAL EVALUATION SYSTEMS EXIST; THE COMPUTERIZED ORGANIZED CRIME INFORMATION SYSTEM IS OF DUBIOUS VALUE; AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) ATTORNEYS HAVE NO AUTHORITY OVER PARTICIPANTS FROM OTHER AGENCIES. DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED WHICH POINT OUT THE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT AND WHOM THE STRIKE FORCES ARE COMBATTING; DEVELOP A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR FIGHTING ORGANIZED CRIME; CREATE A FEDERAL OVERSEER; AND ESTABLISH NATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL EVALUATION EFFORTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB