NEW MEXICO - GOVERNOR'S ORGANIZED CRIME PREVENTION COMMISSION - A FIRST REPORT - THE BEGINNING OF THE TASK

• NCJ Number: 11934
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 67 pages
• Corporate Author: New Mexico Governor's Organized Crime Prevention Cmssn
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SURVEY OF POSSIBLE AREAS OF ORGANIZED CRIME ACTIVITY IN NEW MEXICO AND OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED RESOURCES TO COMBAT IT.

Abstract

THE REPORT FINDS A GROWING THREAT OF ENCROACHMENT BY ORGANIZED CRIME IN NEW MEXICO, URGES THAT STEPS BE TAKEN NOW TO REDUCE IT, AND LISTS THE COMMISSION'S IMMEDIATE GOALS FOR 1974. THE REPORT DISCUSSES THE AREAS OF DRUGS, FENCING, PORNOGRAPHY, PROSTITUTION, GAMBLING, INFILTRATION OF BUSINESS, LABOR RACKETEERING, ARSON, VENDING MACHINES, CREDIT CARD FRAUDS, LIQUOR LICENSES, LOANSHARKING, PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS, EMIGRES INTO THE STATE, HORSERACING, AND CORRUPTION.