CRIME IN RUSSIA
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) MOSCOW, June 9. The Soviet Union has increased the size of its police forces to combat crime, the Prime Minister, Mr Kosygin, said yesterday. He called for a sharp campaign against crime, especially hooliganism, drunkenness and embezzlement, and gave a warning that offenders could expect to be punished “with all the severity of the law.”
He did not say how many new militiamen had been appointed—the size of police forces is never disclosed in Russia.
Mr Kosygin spoke at a Moscow election meeting in the wake of a series of conferences held by law enforcement officers on ways to fight against hooliganism and juvenile violences. He said that increased Government action was being taken not because of an increase in crime “but because of the growing desire of our citizens for a better social order.”
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31082, 10 June 1966, Page 11
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