NCJ Number
171354
Journal
Intelligence Report Issue: 88 Dated: (Fall 1997) Pages: 6-8
Editor(s)
M Potok
Date Published
1997
Length
3 pages
Annotation
Right-wing criminals have long relied on bank robbery and financial scams to fund their subversive political activities, but some groups have now turned to drug smuggling as a source of income.
Abstract
Antigovernment and separatist groups are using drugs to buy weapons and finance other activities, and evidence to support this claim is growing. In Florida, law enforcement officials busted a $500,000-a-year marijuana operation that local, State, and Federal authorities believed was used to fund the right-wing underground. In Oregon, law enforcement officials determined three men convicted of operating a major methamphetamine laboratory invested heavily in the militia movement. The activities of specific individuals involved in using drugs to finance subversive political activities are detailed. 3 photographs