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07447 - [C28479391

War on Organized Crime Faltering: Federal Str .e Forces Not
Getting the Job Done. October 4, 1978. 5 pp. t enclosure (1
pp.) .
Testimony before the Hourse Select Committee on Aging.

Contact: General government Div.
Organization Concerned: Department of Justice.
Concressional Relevance: House Select Committee on Aging.

         Because conventional methods of law enforcement had
proven ineffective ageinst organied crime, in Januarg 1967 the
Federal Governpmnt began establishing a joint-agency strike
force prograit consisting of 18 strike forces staffed vita
Department oi Justice attorneys and representatives f.o a1.l
Federal law enforcement agencies. A review of the 13 Ptri.e
forces existing in De,:.mber 1976 showed that: the Government had
not developed a strategy to fiqht organived crime; thera was no
agreement on what org,.nized crime is and wiiom or what the
Government was fightinq; individual strike forces had uo
statements of objectives; strike forces were hampered because
the attorneys 'n charge ha& no authority over participauts from
other agencies; no systam existed for evaluating the
sffectiveness of the astiounl e! ! ., or of individual strike
forces; and a costly computerized crime intelligence system was
of dui-ious ral-q. Resulting recommendations involved
identification oxf organized crime, development of a national
strategy, centializtion of Federal efforts, and establishment
of an evalup1cion system. The Organized Crime and Racketeering
Section (OCRS) of t'e Department of Justice is now operating
with defined priorities, and specific objectives are selected
for each strike force. The National Organized Crime Planning
Council is formulating an intelligence base from thick organ.Lzed
crime planning can proceed. New guidelines have been developvd
defining organized crime, and the Racketeer Profile System has
been discontinued. The OCRS' Intelligence Unit will now collect
and analyze information about organized 4rime activities to
provide management with the information it reeds to plan,
implement, and evaluate effectively. (RRS)

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