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Ashcroft Says Terrorism-Drug Trafficking Link 'Shocking'
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service

Under Ashcroft's strategy to reduce the supply of drugs, law enforcement officials are estimating the amount of illegal drugs available in the United States to use a benchmark for measuring progress. Task force officials in nine regions have developed plans to identify and target the most significant drug trafficking and money laundering organizations in their regions.

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
Federal law enforcement officials have developed a "most wanted" list of terrorist organizations heavily involved in drug trafficking.

"America is beset by evil, be it the scourge of illegal drugs or the persistent threat of terror," and each American "holds the power and bears the responsibility of America's defense," Attorney General John Ashcroft said July 30 at the 20th anniversary conference of the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force.

Earlier this year, Ashcroft asked law enforcement officials for a list of the organizations responsible for the U.S. drug supply. What the list revealed, he said, "is shocking."

"Nearly one-third of the organizations on the State Department's list of foreign terrorists appear also on our list of targeted U.S. drug suppliers," Ashcroft said. The growing combination of drug trafficking and terrorism serves as an urgent call to action, he said.
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