NCJ Number
159755
Journal
CJ International Volume: 11 Issue: 6 Dated: (November-December 1995) Pages: 17-18
Date Published
1995
Length
2 pages
Annotation
A survey conducted by the United States Department of State regarding the number of United States law enforcement personnel assigned to overseas duty revealed that the total of 1,649 police personnel would make up a medium-sized police agency in this country.
Abstract
The Drug Enforcement Agency deploys 499 personnel in 50 countries; the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Customs, and Coast Guard all have around 300 or more personnel working in other countries. The FBI has 121 employees in 26 offices overseas. State Department and FBI finance a training center in Budapest to train police officers from Eastern Bloc nations. The United States law enforcement efforts overseas are a response to increases in drug trafficking, international terrorism, smuggling of illegal immigrants, arms smuggling, corruption, fraud, the potential for thefts and sale of nuclear materials, money laundering, and other international crime. In Russia, overall crime is declining, but the murder rate is increasing and organized crime is thriving. Table