Sunday, July 31, 2005

ORGANIZED CRIME: WITNESS INTIMIDATION CONTINUES / [USA] Montana News Association

http://www.montanasnews.com/articles.php?mode=view&id=2198
Jim Kouri
"Organized Crime gangs have their own program - the Witness Intimidation Program. This problem is particularly acute, and apparently increasing, in gang- and drug-related criminal cases. Witnesses' refusal to cooperate with investigations and prosecutions should be a major concern: it adversely affects the justice system's functioning while simultaneously eroding public confidence in the government's ability to protect citizens. "