From CGI member oldmaninthedesert:

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This chapter here is, at least to me, more disturbing then the first 4 because of current events and the two agencies most involved in the events of the last two and a half years. All the events covered in here happened before the Internet age,and therefore the general population for the most part, is not privy to the information contained in here.What good is a so called Department of Justice,when in reality all it is a last line of defense for the Clowns,and their black-ops? And to tie the word law enforcement to the FBI, is just a very sick joke on the American People.

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[...INS agent Joseph Occhipinti was a key figure in fighting drug traffickers and drug cartels. He spent over 20 years with the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, primarily in drug-related investigations. During that time he earned over 70 commendations and awards, including three from the U.S. Attorney General. Because of his outstanding work, he was promoted to chief of the Anti-Smuggling unit for the New York City area, and in that position he gained considerable knowledge about the operation of Dominican crime groups operating in the northeastern section of the United States.

As Occhipinti brought about the arrest of many politically connected drug traffickers, politicians and Justice Department personnel blocked further investigations and prosecutions. In addition, all three groups retaliated against him and brought an end to his long and outstanding government career.

Project Intercept
One of several multi-agency task forces Occhipinti coordinated was the 1987 operation called Project Intercept, and included personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Port Authority Police Department (PAPD), and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The purpose of bringing agents from the various agencies into one group was to coordinate their investigations, evidence, and prosecution of criminal activities.

That operation was credited with identifying how Dominican drug lords and other ethnic organized crime groups were involved in drug trafficking, money laundering, and alien smuggling activities at major New York airports. It had a high arrest and conviction rate for drug traffickers and was so successful that Project Intercept became the subject of congressional hearings.

It was so successful that, after the politically powerful Dominicans and drug traffickers complained, the INS District Director terminated it within a year of its startup. Occhipinti was then ordered to concentrate instead upon filing reports against employers who hired illegal aliens. This group did not have the political clout of the drug traffickers.

Project Resurrect
Starting in 1988, Occhipinti coordinated another multi-agency undercover operation called Project Resurrect, which involved agents from the New York City District Attorney’s office, Postal Inspection Service, and the U.S. Department of State. This project resulted in the successful prosecution and conviction of over two dozen Dominican organized crime figures.

The project exposed the role of a group known as the Federation of Dominican Merchants and Industrialists of New York, otherwise known as the Federation. This group operated bodegas, money transfer businesses, travel agencies, boutiques, loan companies, and an assortment of other businesses. (Bodegas is the term used by people in the Spanish community for grocery stores.) One of the people arrested and convicted was a key member of the federation, Executive Board member Martha Lozano.

Discovering Theft Ring at JFK Airport
One of Occhipintis investigations focused on a high-level smuggling operation at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport. Due to a shortage of government agents, the Immigration and Naturalization Service hired private agencies to carry out some of its routine tasks. Wells Fargo was one of the companies hired, being responsible for placing illegal aliens, caught by INS agents, on board aircraft to be sent back to their country of origin. The company engaged in a “shell game” that protected illegal immigrants from being deported.

Certain employees of Wells Fargo developed a profitable scheme. When an illegal alien was arrested, his or her relatives would be contacted, and for a price, an impostor would replace the illegal alien. The impostor, who was legally in the United States, would be placed on board the aircraft and flown out of the United States. He or she would then fly back as a legal or documented alien. The illegal alien would meld into the community and remain in the United States.

Operation Red Eye
In 1989, Occhipinti was involved in another multi-agency task force called Operation Red Eye. It was composed of agents from the DEA, Port Authority, Amtrak Police Department, and INS, whose goal was to interdict at major New York City transportation centers illegal aliens smuggled into the United States via Mexico and the Canadian border.

The project was very successful in apprehending illegal alien drug couriers employed by the Dominican drug cartels and other ethnic crime groups. The operation was shut down when the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York (SDNY) complained that the interdiction stops were based on racial profiling.

Of course, if Dominican crime groups were using Dominicans in large numbers to smuggle drugs into the United States, it would be somewhat ludicrous not to focus on Dominicans. That charge would be like complaining about focusing on Colombians coming out of high drug trafficking areas in Colombia when they constituted the primary people engaged in the illegal activities.

Over a period of time, Occhipinti felt that people in the U.S. Attorney’s office were sabotaging the multi-agency task force, preventing it from carrying out its government responsibilities, and enabling large quantities of drugs to enter the United States....]

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