FBIS3-38070
"drsov039_a_94020"
FBIS-SOV-94-039
Document Type:Daily Report
28 Feb 1994
RUSSIA INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
More on Deputies' Visit
LD2702094894 Moscow ITAR-TASS World Service in Russian 1029
GMT 26 Feb 94
LD2702094894
Moscow ITAR-TASS World Service
Language: Russian
Article Type:BFN
[By ITAR-TASS correspondent Igor Borisenko]
[Excerpt] Washington, 26 Feb -- Russian parliamentarians
and law enforcement workers are visiting the United States with
the aim of familiarizing themselves with the experience of U.S.
law in fighting organized crime. They have held meetings with
Attorney General Janet Reno, Secretary of Commerce Ronald Brown,
and representatives of the State Department and the FBI.
The arrest of the CIA agent Aldridge Ames, accused of spying
for Russia, "has had no effect" on the visit, Mikhail Mityukov,
the head of the delegation and first deputy chairman of the
State Duma, told ITAR-TASS. In his words, at meetings with the
FBI heads, they discussed the fight against organized crime,
first and foremost against the Italian mafia and Asian criminal
groups.
We are primarily interested in how organized crime is
combated in the United States, and how the law enforcement
bodies act and cooperate, he continued. "The primary problem,"
according to M. Mityukov, is drawing up an American-Russian
agreement on arranging laws which would open new paths toward
cooperation in fighting organized crime.
Meanwhile, he added, the Russian and American experts "are
establishing contacts to coordinate" their efforts.
Serious attention during the tour of the Russian delegation
has been devoted to issues of intellectual property. "The fight
against intellectual piracy is very topical", the Russian
parliamentarian said. Both Russian and American businessmen are
affected by it." [passage omitted]