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FOPAC STEPS UP THE PRESSURE

The FOPAC group in Interpol that sees particularly to money laundering issues met behind closed doors for its annual autumn [...]

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BACKDOORS USED IN OPERATION

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COMPANIES LINKED TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE

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DUTCH TRACK COLONIAL CONNECTION

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THREAT EXAGGERATED?

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MORE TRAVEL FOR U.K. CRIME BUSTERS

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DEA TRAINS ISRAELIS

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OUTPOST FOR BRITISH CUSTOMS

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FBI SPINS ITS WEB ABROAD

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IRELAND 05/09/1996

MAJOR COCAINE BUST IN IRELAND

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IRELAND 18/07/1996

FRESH ANTI-CRIME STEPS

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KISS FOR FRANCE, KICK FOR TURKEY

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UNITED STATES 26/06/1996

DOVETAILING THE EFFORTS

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NETHERLANDS 06/06/1996

SILENT PARTNERS

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CHINA 23/05/1996

CHINA'S "INVISIBLE EMPIRE"

The Chinese gangs that form the "invisible empire," as Canadian experts on organized crime call it, have already become world [...]

CZECH REPUBLIC 18/04/1996

MEDICINE FOR THE MAFIA

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NETHERLANDS 25/01/1996

ALLEGED "OCTOPUS" BOSS HITS BACK

A 42-year-old Dutch businessman, Norbert Stok, has started legal proceedings to win damages from the Amsterdam public prosecutor's office and [...]

UNITED KINGDOM 23/11/1995

POLICE FOR SALE -- LEGALLY

A proposal to allow many of the 43 local police forces in England and Wales to become "self-financing organizations" and [...]

UNITED STATES 12/10/1995

THE GHOST OF BARRY SEAL

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UNITED KINGDOM 14/09/1995

KEEPING THE GANGS IN CHECK

The National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) plans to compile a classified register of criminal organizations and gangsters in a bid [...]

UNITED STATES 29/06/1995

FINCEN OBTAINING DEA DATA

The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) will shortly [...]

NETHERLANDS 31/05/1995

NO DUTCH DAM FOR DRUGS TIDE

In a new twist to a striking tale, the influential Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsbad reported on May 26 that a [...]

UNITED STATES 31/05/1995

ANTI-TERRORIST AND DRUG "WAR GAMES"

The U.S. defence department has enrolled the analytical skills of the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to help [...]

UNITED STATES 15/02/1995

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DEA

Worried over the attention paid in the media to organizations [...]

NETHERLANDS 30/11/1994

COMMANDER PACO'S DEMISE

Erwin McDonald, a 43-year-old businessman of Surinamese/Dutch origin whose body was found on Oct. 17 at the Brokopondo dam south [...]

UNITED STATES 30/11/1994

DEA'S FIGHT AGAINST INTERFERENCE

On the face of it, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent Richard Horn is suing a State Department official and [...]

CENTRAL AMERICA 02/11/1994

DISAPPEARANCES AND DEALINGS

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UNITED STATES 05/10/1994

DEA ROLES UP CALI NETWORKS

Last week the DEA indicted a number of people who [...]

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JOHAN VAN DAMME

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Spotlight

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NEW DEA FIRST STRING

DEA administrator Thomas A. Constantine recently put together a veteran [...]

UNITED STATES 24/08/1994

DOD HITS SPIES FOR DISCRIMINATION

Capitalizing on the fact that the American military is known as an organization where women and minorities can move up [...]

UNITED STATES 20/07/1994

CUSTOMS SINKING CLIPPER?

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EAST EUROPE 06/07/1994

U.S. INTEL JUNKET TO THE EAST

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Spotlight

EUROPE UNITED STATES 22/06/1994

MONEY LAUNDERING: UNEQUAL FIGHT

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UNITED STATES 08/06/1994

STANLEY E. MORRIS

As part of the drive to renforce the Treasury Department's financial intelligence service, the FinCEN, Stanley E. Morris was recently [...]

Spotlight

UNITED STATES 08/06/1994

INTELLIGENCE: "FOLLOW THE MONEY"

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UNITED STATES 04/05/1994

DEA CUTS "LEGALIZE" MARIJUANA?

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UNITED STATES 04/05/1994

SECRET DEA REPORT ON CHINESE TRIAD

Intelligence Newsletter has obtained a classified DEA report which shows [...]

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BFK - BKA SQUABBLE

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UNITED STATES 06/04/1994

NEW ANTI-LAUNDERING GROUP

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UNITED STATES 09/03/1994

FINCEN (II) - STRUCTURE AND PLANS

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UNITED STATES 23/02/1994

TOURIST CAMOUFLAGE

The American DEA recently revealed that in the last year [...]

Spotlight

UNITED STATES 23/02/1994

FINCEN (I): FINANCIAL DATA VACUUMCLEANER

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NEW PLANS FOR THE BND

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POOR RESULTS IN THE DRUG WAR

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EUROPEAN DRUG ENTRY PORT

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FOPAC STEPS UP THE PRESSURE

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BACKDOORS USED IN OPERATION

COMPANIES LINKED TO U.S. INTELLIGENCE

BETTER COORDINATION AGAINST GOLDEN TRIANGLE TRAFFIC

POLICE AND MI5 TO GET TAX DATA TO FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME

INTERPOL CONFERENCE IN RANGOON BOYCOTTED

CITY OF LONDON'S TARNISHED REPUTATION

THE FACTS AND FIGURES OF ANTI-DRUG WAR

POLICE CALL FOR "RICO" LAW AND ORDER AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME

DUTCH TRACK COLONIAL CONNECTION

SYNTHETIC DRUGS A FUTURE NIGHTMARE

GLOOMY DAYS AHEAD, SAY BOSSES

UNDER FIRE BY FATF

THREAT EXAGGERATED?

MORE TRAVEL FOR U.K. CRIME BUSTERS

DEA TRAINS ISRAELIS

OUTPOST FOR BRITISH CUSTOMS

FBI SPINS ITS WEB ABROAD

MAJOR COCAINE BUST IN IRELAND

FRESH ANTI-CRIME STEPS

KISS FOR FRANCE, KICK FOR TURKEY

DOVETAILING THE EFFORTS

SILENT PARTNERS

CHINA'S "INVISIBLE EMPIRE"

MEDICINE FOR THE MAFIA

ALLEGED "OCTOPUS" BOSS HITS BACK

POLICE FOR SALE -- LEGALLY

THE GHOST OF BARRY SEAL

KEEPING THE GANGS IN CHECK

FINCEN OBTAINING DEA DATA

NO DUTCH DAM FOR DRUGS TIDE

ANTI-TERRORIST AND DRUG "WAR GAMES"

PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DEA

COMMANDER PACO'S DEMISE

DEA'S FIGHT AGAINST INTERFERENCE

DISAPPEARANCES AND DEALINGS

DEA ROLES UP CALI NETWORKS

JOHAN VAN DAMME

NEW ANTI-DRUG STRATEGY

NEW DEA FIRST STRING

DOD HITS SPIES FOR DISCRIMINATION

CUSTOMS SINKING CLIPPER?

U.S. INTEL JUNKET TO THE EAST

GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT SURINAM?

MONEY LAUNDERING: UNEQUAL FIGHT

STANLEY E. MORRIS

INTELLIGENCE: "FOLLOW THE MONEY"

DEA CUTS "LEGALIZE" MARIJUANA?

SECRET DEA REPORT ON CHINESE TRIAD

BFK - BKA SQUABBLE

NEW ANTI-LAUNDERING GROUP

FINCEN (II) - STRUCTURE AND PLANS

TOURIST CAMOUFLAGE

FINCEN (I): FINANCIAL DATA VACUUMCLEANER

NEW PLANS FOR THE BND

CORRUPTION, COKE & THE DEA

NO FBI-DEA MERGER

WHAT DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER?

DEA CATCHES ITS OWN

LESTER KNOX COLEMAN III

A DEA-FBI-BATF MERGER?

SHAKEUP IN LAW ENFORCEMENT

END OF SECRET "SNATCHINGS"?

EUROPE, CUBA & THE WORLD

POOR RESULTS IN THE DRUG WAR

DEA CATCHES DUTCH MERCHANTS

THE STRANGE CASE OF S.K.A. BROWN

DEA STANDS TO WIN SOME AND TO LOSE SOME

GEOPOLITICS: DRUGS AND MONEY

ROGELIO CRUZ

BCCI & ISRAELI MONEY LAUNDERING

WORLD CRIME: EASTERN EUROPE EXPORT

EUROPEAN DRUG ENTRY PORT

GRU/FBI: HUNTING DOWN RUBLES