Tuesday, June 03, 2008

"Mobsters without Borders" are Global Threat

Reuters has this post on how crime groups operating as "mobsters without borders" have gained significant footholds in global markets and as such provide logistic support to terrorists. Now that's a new 'without borders' branding.....

Attorney General Michael Mukasey cited recent cases, many with links to the former Soviet bloc. The groups launder billions of dollars through U.S. financial institutions, and invest profits in publicly traded companies. They also "exploit the Internet," by running scams on eBay, flooding in-boxes with e-mail spam and laundering money through "virtual worlds" such as Second Life, Mukasey said...

..."These international criminals pose real national security threats to this country," Mukasey said in a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank. He cited recent cases, many with links to the former Soviet bloc.

"They touch all sectors of our economy, dealing in everything from cigarettes to oil; clothing to pharmaceuticals," Mukasey said.



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