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UN peacekeeping operations getting involved in organized crime policing

United Nations Peacekeepers are increasingly tackling issues of organized crime in hot spots around the world where conflicts have occurred. 

From the AP (via Washington Post):

U.N. police have been helping combat gang and drug crime in Haiti, human trafficking and financial crimes in Kosovo, illicit drug trafficking in Guinea Bissau, illicit arms trafficking in Congo, illicit timber trading in Liberia and the illegal economy in East Timor, said U.N. Police Chief Andrew Hughes.

Currently, more than 12,000 UN Soldiers are deployed in 19 U.N. Peacekeeping Operations.

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Date
September 10th, 2008

Author
havocscope


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