Dismantling Transnational Criminal Organizations. I would like to welcome the members of the subcommittee and express my appreciation to witnesses for being here today. The chair now recognizes himself for an opening statement, for which i will deliver mr. Kings opening statement. Law enforcement officers use many weapons to fight terrorism and crime on our streets. Some of these weapons, such as badges, guns and squad cars are easy to see. They are the hallmarks of police work. There are other weapons, however, that are harder to identify but every bit as vital. Among these less visible weapons, access to timely and Accurate Information is often times the difference between a successful investigation and an unsolved crime. In todays threat environment, much of the information needed by Law Enforcement in the United States is generated overseas. This is particularly true when it comes to combatting complex Transnational Criminal Organizations that threaten our safety here at home. Thes
And information sharing vital to dismantling criminal organizations. I would like to welcome the subcommittee and appreciate the witnesses for being here today. The chair recognizes himself for Opening Statement for which ill deliver mr. Kings Opening Statement. Law enforcement officers use many weapons to fight terrorism and crime on our streets. Some of these weapons such as badges, guns and squad cars are easy to see. They are the hallmarks of police work. Other weapons, however, that are harder to identify, but every bit as vital. Among these less visible weapons, access to timely and Accurate Information is oftentimes difference between a successful investigation and unsolved crime. In todays threat environment much of the information needed it generated overseas. This is particularly true when it comes to combatting complex Transnational Criminal Organizations that threaten our safety here at home. These sophisticated criminal enterprises do not stop at borders. Instead, they ext
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Mr. Blanco the district of maryland, the district of new jersey, the departments commitment to bringing justice to these communities and these acts of violence against ms13 is obvious. In these districts, prosecutors secured the convictions of 22, 6 and 14 ms13 members respectively. Many defendants in those cases received life sentences while other received sentences of decades in prison. And just last month, prosecutors in the Eastern District of virginia secured the guilty plea of an ms13 member who admitted his participation in a murder committed as part of a gang initiation. Our work, however, does not stop at the border. The f. B. I. , h. S. I. And our organized crime and gang section lead investigations into foreignbased ms13 leaders responsible for violence here in the United States. For example, the f. B. I. s transnational antigang tag unit, located in ell is a have a dore, guatemala and honduras, supply internationally generated information to many domestic ms13 investigation
Good morning, everybody. Normally we dont start until the Ranking Member is here but people have scheduling problems today and i consulted with the staff and i can go ahead without waiting. Thank you for being here. The topic of todays hearing involves the crisis thats growing and spreading in the communities across the nation. Existence in the 1980s and its made a reputation as a perpetrator of extreme and often gruesome violence. This organization has been dubbed the worlds most dangerous game and some say that it would be a terrorist organization. They kill high rate and control. Unfortunately, over the past two years, this terrifying model. So far this year theyve been publicly linked to dozens of highprofile killings, rapes and assaults across the country for a washington, d. C. To Houston Texas and a lot of other communities as well. There are many, many more that simply havent been reported. Let me give the Committee Just a few examples of this the brutality and the inhumanity.