Posted on 02/10/2004 1:08:14 AM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:13:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
LONDON -- The British government, in the biggest shake-up in the nation's crime fighting in four decades, yesterday announced a plan for an elite agency modeled on the FBI.
With more than 5,000 agents, the Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) will target drug barons, international kingpins in human trafficking, major fraud perpetrators and Mafia-style gangsters.
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