OLYMPIC GAMES OFFER LUCRATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMERCIAL CRIMINALS
May 1st, 2008
BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing; DEIRDRE MASON, in London; and MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa
THE OLYMPIC Games are an international spectacle, but also an opportunity for serious organised crime report Mark Godfrey, in Beijing; Monica Dobie, in Ottawa; and Deirdre Mason, in London.
WHEN the Summer Olympic Games open in Beijing this August 8, Chinese law enforcement authorities will hope the significant proportion of the US$43 billion spent on the spectacle earmarked for security and crime has been well spent.
Of course, this being China, information about exactly how ...
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