NCJ Number
133751
Date Published
1990
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This 1989 annual report of the Georgia Organized Crime Prevention Council reports on the activities of the council and provides an overview of organized crime in Georgia.
Abstract
The information presented in this report is based on intelligence data obtained by the Georgia State Intelligence Network. Data for 1989 indicate that illegal drug trafficking and abuse continues to be the greatest crime problem in the State. Regarding asset forfeiture in 1989, Federal seizures in Georgia amounted to over $11 million. Traditional national organized crime continues in Georgia. Members and associates of 11 organized crime families were involved in criminal activities in Georgia in 1989. There were also 30 nontraditional organized criminal gangs operating statewide in numerous criminal activities. The council's Locals to Help Locals project has had continued success. Arrests through the use of the project's equipment and personnel were in the thousands; there have been 1,144 requests for the use of the council's electronic surveillance equipment; and 375 requests from various departments were received to draw from the statewide personnel pool. Project Leviticus involves a 29-agency, 19-State investigation of organized criminal activities in the Nation's coal, oil, gas, and precious metals industries. A number of Georgia agencies, including the council, participated in the project in 1989. Georgia project yields for 1989 included 24 criminal or civil charges brought, 25 case participations, and 108 case index submissions.