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Brown meets with feds on drug trafficking, terrorism

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Posted on Mar 16 2005
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Attorney general Pamela Brown, along with 44 other attorneys general from the different states and insular territories, met with U.S. attorney general Alberto Gonzales yesterday as part of a meeting with members of the National Association of Attorneys General in Washington D.C.

Among the topics taken up were cooperative state-federal law enforcement efforts, including homeland security, criminal law enforcement, antitrust, consumer protection, civil rights and telemarketing fraud.

“As public servants in federal and state government, we share the same concerns in how to best protect the people we serve. The Department of Justice is committed to working with Attorneys General to ensure that they have the proper legal tools, access to intelligence and funding to fight crime and ensure their constituent’s are safe,” said Gonzalez.

Gonzales appeared along with Federal Bureau of Investigation director Robert Mueller as part of the association’s 2005 annual spring meeting held March 15 in the nation’s capital.

States and territories are seeing a rise in heroin use, prescription narcotic and methamphetamine abuse. Attorneys general are also seeing a dramatic increase in the number of methamphetamine laboratories across the country.

Continued coordinated state/federal drug enforcement efforts are critical in allowing states to stem to tide of violence associated with drug trafficking.

The attorneys general also discussed a number of other legal issues including sexual predators and child endangerment.

In addition, Gonzales briefed the attorneys general on the reauthorization by the U.S. Congress of the Patriot Act provisions, which would give law enforcement additional tools to combat terrorism. (PR)

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