The Obama administration has announced a new plan to crack down on international organized crime groups. An executive order authorizes new sanctions against criminal cartels in Mexico, Japan, Italy and eastern Europe. The sanctions target Mexico’s violent Los Zetas drug gang; Japan’s Yakuza, which comprises the major Japanese organized crime syndicates; the Camorra, an Italy-based […]
US Announces Plan to Combat Global Organized Crime
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
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New Sanctions Against Global Organized Crime
Posted July 25th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama on Monday announced new sanctions against four of the world’s largest criminal organizations. The organizations targeted are Italy’s Camorra, the Japanese Yakuza, the Los Zetas from Mexico and the Brother’s Circle, based in the former Soviet Union. The executive order freezes all property belonging to the groups in the U.S., and bars […]
