The Department of Justice's Operation Fast and Furious Fueling Cartel Violence

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Contributor:

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security.

Crime.

Drugs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2011

Summary:

Joint report, prepared by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee staffs, examining impact on Mexico of Department of Justice controversial Operation Fast and Furious, in which law enforcement agents allowed and monitored transactions between gun shop merchants known as Federal firearms licensees and straw purchasers suspected to be connected to Mexican drug cartels

Straw purchasers are individuals who are legally entitled to purchase firearms for themselves but who unlawfully purchase weapons with the intent to transfer them to DTOs or other criminals

The Department of Justice intended to observe the purchasers to identify additional members of a firearms trafficking network and establish a nexus between straw purchasers in the U.S. and drug-trafficking organizations (DTOs) operating in Mexico

Notes:

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Microfiche version United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Department of Justice's Operation Fast and Furious:. 2011 H602-15

Publisher Number:

CMP-2011-CGR-0012

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