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MLAT treaties in action
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| Stephen K. Gielda 2006-05-25, 7:11 am |
| http://www.canada.com/topics/news/w...=6a16dbca-36c8-
43fc-a2be-d74a957777f1&k=99823
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department says more than 560 people
have been arrested in an international investigation of mass-marketing
fraud schemes.
More than 2.8 million people in the United States are victims.
They have lost over $1 billion US in scams such as bogus lottery, prize
and sweepstakes offerings, phoney preapproved credit card and card-
protection deals and invitations to pour money into nonexistent
investments.
The department says the schemes were carried out through telemarketing,
mass mailings and the Internet.
The 14-month investigation, dubbed Operation Global Con, has so far
resulted in 139 arrests in the United States and another 426 in four
other countries - Canada, Costa Rica, the Netherlands and Spain.
/steve
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