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LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIPS ENCIRCLING THE GLOBE
Getting by with a little help from our friends and colleagues

01/26/04

Law Enforcement Partnerships GraphicIn this global age, what does it take today to catch a thief? Or a terrorist? Or wanted fugitives who flee from justice across several time zones?

It takes law enforcement partnerships. Partnerships that not only span the oceans, but that bridge the often sizeable gaps created by different cultures, languages, legal systems, technologies, and ways of doing things.

What makes these partnerships work? Sometimes, it's a sense of camaraderie and professionalism. Other times, it's a realization that support flows both ways: my help for you today will mean your help for me tomorrow. But more often than not, it's simply the bottom line: a mutual dedication to justice and the rule of law.

Two recent local-turned-multinational investigations drive home the importance of global partnerships... yet again.

Crossing the Great Wall
In the summer of 1999, a Chinese citizen named Zesheng Wang strangled his girlfriend to death with his bare hands in the suburbs of northern Virginia. Wang quickly and quietly fled to his native land, where he spent the next four years hiding in the vast expanse of that countryside.

The FBI and its U.S. partners in the case -- the Fairfax County Police Department -- concluded that Wang had indeed fled to China, probably to his hometown, the city of Lanzhou in the Gansu Province. Law enforcement authorities in China offered to help... and they did, in a big way. Working with Special Agents in D.C. and Beijing, they conducted an extensive manhunt. They located Wang and arrested him. Now, Chinese authorities are going to make the case as well... because their country's laws do not allow for the return of one of their own citizens to the United States for trial.

Two European Neighbors to the Rescue
Just days after Christmas, Paul Goldman allegedly killed his mistress in cold blood, stabbing her repeatedly in the chest, throat, and face at her real estate office in suburban Philadelphia. Goldman, a naturalized citizen from Uzbekistan, fled to Paris and on to Dusseldorf, Germany.

Law enforcement authorities in both France and Germany began a thorough manhunt, with the help of FBI Agents here and overseas, other federal investigators, and police professionals in Bucks County. Last week, Goldman was located and arrested in the southeastern French city of Grenoble.

These cases make it clear why supporting and partnering with colleagues around the world is one of the FBI's top priorities today... and why it's one of our most effective weapons in the fight against crime and terrorism.

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