European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 29, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 More seizure of drug dealer profits urged Washington t i slate an local governments should consider expand ing inc kinds of property their Law enforce ment agencies May seize from suspected drug dealers a study by the Justice depart ment said sunday. Forfeiture Sci Urc Laws make it Possi ble to go beyond the seizure of illegal drugs and take away the profits and working Capi Tal of drug dealers said James k. Stewart director of the department s National Institute of Justice. The study said that while state and local prosecutors and police rank drug traffic a their most serious enforcement problem use of forfeiture it the slate and local Levels is still relatively  thus the potential remains for greater stale use of forfeiture to disrupt the illegal drug Trade by denying traffickers their proms working capital and Means of doing business the study said. In i983, the Federal government which has More expansive seizure Powers lha most slates confiscated More than $100 million in Cash and property. Forfeiture allows governments to seize property used in the commission of a crime As Wal As the fruits of crime. Of icing and Domestic Bank accounts can be seized together with planes vessels cars and luxury items such As jewelry or resort Homes purchased with the proceeds from the illicit drug  Stewart said seizure of such assets disrupts the work ing capital of criminal organizations and perhaps diminishes the motivations to traffic in  according to the study virtually All slates authorize some form of forfeiture in connection with drug trafficking and manufacturing and four slates Arizona Colo Rado Connecticut and Montana allow Sci ure in connection with cultivation of drugs. The study said two slates Illinois and Louisiana have enacted special drug racketeering statutes to address Large criminal enterprises engaged in organized narcotics  new direction suggests a slate strategy of focusing on a few Large  the study said. This approach holds the potential for a greater Impact on Public safety than Pursuit of Many Street level1  there Are wide variations in the kind of property state Law allows to be seized the Survey said. All states allow seizure of the drugs themselves 47 Stales allow the seizure of drug related transport such As aircraft autos or ships 42 states allow confiscation of raw materials 38 states allow seizure of containers used to store or transport drugs 19 allow confiscation of drug paraphernalia and 38 states allow forfeiture of criminal research and records such As formulas microfilm tapes and other Dala used to violate drug Laws. In listing policy changes suggested by stale prosecutors the study said consideration should be Given to expanding the types of property subject to forfeiture by adopting a provision for real properly used in the cultivation of drugs or purchased with drug Sale profits and of adding tra Ceable assets property purchased with drug profits to inc kind of property subject to . From memorial to White House cocaine use in percent of those using the drug once in their lifetime 301 14 10 61976 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 Chicago to Bune Era proc. Source . Alcohol. Drug Abrao and Manny Hafti veterans March in memory of mias two arrested Washington a hundreds of pc crans marched from the Vietnam Veter ans memorial to the White House sunday to Honor servicemen missing in action in Southeast  veterans including Many from world War ii held a Short prayer Vigil near the Black Granite memorial before set Ting out for Lafayette Park across from the White House in a mile Long Parade com plete with two marching bands. We re Here to remember the american Mia a said James Middleton of Locust Valley n.y., and we Don t want to let the government  Progress is being made. Ronald Reagan is the first president to really get something going in efforts to account for american Mia  veterans wearing american legion uniforms camouflage fatigues and army dress uniforms in what has become an an Nual event carried flags and banners Nast the Washington Monument As hundreds of tourists and other onlookers watched. Organizers said this was the 12th annual Mia rally organized by the new York chapter of the american legion. Hanoi is sitting up and taking notice said rally organizer Bill Mclaughlin. They Don l care what the government thinks but they do care about what the american people  Hanoi government has tentatively agreed for the first time to allow a . Team to participate in a search for Ameri can remains at a b-52 crash site in Viet Nam a defense department official Dis closed  meetings in Vietnam last month the vietnamese also sought to respond for inc first time to . Inquiries about reported sightings of americans in Vietnam said Commodore James d. Cossey acting Dep Uty assistant defense Secretary for East Asia and Pacific  said the vietnamese informed a . Delegation they had checked out three such reports and determined that none of the individuals was an american. Twenty six sets of remains were turned Over to american aul homilies aug. 14, bringing to 39 the number of remains the vietnamese government has Lur cd Over this year. The Only Lime an american team of experts has been allowed to participate in excavating a wartime crash site in Indochina occurred last february in Laos. That excavation resulted in the recovery of the re Mains of 13 americans. We re hopeful that details can be worked out and we can Sec that crash site excavation proceed in the near future Cossey said Friday. It will be the first crash site excavation in Vic Nam and in fact in will be the first time that we be had a . Team in vice Nam since 1975. Hopefully in will be the first of  Cossey said the b-52 crash Sile was in the Hanoi Haiphong area but refused to say when the plane crashed or How Many americans were aboard. Girls strip searched parents mad Cedar Hill Texas a the father of a Junior High girl who was among 15 students strip searched for a missing $1.85 says the faculty members responsible for the search should be fired. The students were ordered to remove their clothing a week ago when a girl in a seventh Grade physical education class re ported $ 1.85 missing. Some of the parents of the Cedar Hill Middle school girls who were strip searched Are enraged by the action and say they plan to ask the school Board to fire the physical education teacher and assistant principal involved. Other parents say they support physical education teacher Janice Ellis and Jeann Cothran. The assistant principal who authorized the search. Ellis acted out of frustration after several thefts occurred during the year the parents said. They planned to support her at the next school Board meeting. On Friday Cothran said the decision to search the students was made in haste and frustration. At least one girl was asked to strip completely while others were asked to strip Down to their undergarments parents said. Still others were asked to remove their bras. The missing Money was not found. Last week Ellis said the parents were blowing it out of  not one of the parents asked for my Story she said. They came up Here ready for  in theft of lottery data Sacramento. Calif. A authorities sunday arrested two night watch men who allegedly stole state lottery com Puter programs but officials said the $400 million scratch off game remained secure. Of Kwon 23, and Kiyoung Sung. 24. Were accused of stealing a word processing program used for manuals and operational documents by the lottery and its ticket sup plier said lottery Security chief Lew Ritter. Kwon and Sung apparently were inter ested in obtaining computer information that would pinpoint winning tickets but that would have been virtually impossible to do officials said. Ritter called the concept a wish list and a dream and said the two did t know How to get there from  there is no evidence to conclude that the integrity of the lottery instant game was com promised in any Way by the theft of these materials Ritter said at a news conference. Lottery office guards Kwon and Sung were employed b Cali fornia Plant Protection a private Security contractor thai guards lottery offices. Charges filed against Kwon. A pc Mcd ical student at University of California. Davis and Sung a computer student at Sacramento City College included conspiracy to commit grand theft and receiving stolen properly. Officials obtained a warrant to search the House where the to o guards live and turned up three cardboard boxes of Evi Dence. Immigration officials trying newlywed game Santa Ana Calif. A what does your wife take in her Coffee when was the last time your husband brought you Flowers what color is your bedroom ceiling these Are some of the questions a Cou ple might have to answer if one applies for . Citizenship As the new husband or wife of an american. The immigration and naturalization service Calls this Legal version of the newlywed game a marriage fraud interview intended to trip up a growing number of foreigners who use Sham marriages to gel into the country. Last year 111,653 people applied for resident status through marriage a americans and 30 percent of the marriages turned out to be frauds of one kind or another said Ernest e. Gustafson District director of the service. Some cases arc pure fraud. An Ameri can might agree to marry a foreigner for Money. Some Nice girl from us the University of Southern California needs a few Bucks and she says sure Why not i la marry the Guy " said Jane Arellano director of the ins office in Santa Ana 30 Miles Southeast of los Angeles. In other cases an unsuspecting Ameri can might fall in love with a stranger met abroad or a foreign student in the country on a temporary visa. We get a lot of Young ladies coming in crying said Arellano. The immigrants the women had mar ried got the Green card in the mail and left two Days later she said. One woman came in recently who had spent $34,000 in Legal fees to fight deportation of her husband. The Man had been convicted of immigration fraud by marriage once before. She said 1 know this is for real and All i could Tell her was that i truly Hope she s right Gustafson said