Organized crime a national security risk

Organized crime a national security risk
Washington (UPI) Aug 4, 2011 - U.S. President Barack Obama has identified transnational organized crime operations as a threat to national security because of their increasing infiltration of financial institutions. Obama signed an executive order last month placing economic sanctions on four crime groups - the Japanese Yakuza, Mexico's Los Zetas, the Italian Camorra and a network of Russian criminal lea ... more