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Last Updated: Wednesday, 25 July 2007, 16:35 GMT 17:35 UK
“UK to get ‘unified’ border force”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Britain is to get a “unified border force” to boost the fight against terrorism, the prime minister has said.
A “highly visible” uniformed force would bring together immigration and Customs officers, Gordon Brown said.
He also announced a review of allowing intercept evidence in court, and plans to double from 28 days the time police can hold suspects without charge.
But the Tories and Lib Dems said any border force should include police officers, new resources and new powers.
Officers from the Border and Immigration Agency, Revenue and Customs and UKVisas will be brought together to create a “single primary checkpoint” for passport control and customs.
Outlining his counter-terrorism strategy to MPs, he said the cabinet secretary had been asked to report back by October on how to implement the proposal “very soon”.”
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“New book reveals ‘Mexican Mafia’ influence is spreading around U.S.”
byChad Groening OneNewsNow.com
July 26, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Is the new Godfather Mexican? The author of a new book details the growing influence of the Mexican Mafia in the United States and claims the organization is far more dangerous than some well-known gangs in the country.
Tony Rafael is a Los Angeles-based writer who has spent ten years researching street gangs. His latest publication, The Mexican Mafia, goes inside America’s most secretive and most violent street gang. “While the Crips and the Bloods have gotten traditionally a lot of press attention and public notoriety, the Mexican Mafia to me is a much more significant problem in terms of crime and the justice system,” says the author.
Rafael believes the Mexican Mafia is dangerous because even though it has fewer than 300 actual members, it controls a 40,000-man street army eager to advance its violent agenda.”
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BOOK:
“The Mexican Mafia (Hardcover)”
by Tony Rafael (Author)