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4 Ke it ial) cae NIG A ee me en at ee - closed, on Mi ‘coffee. 0 Us" - . | practically always travels alone. - show that - , two thirds ’ is an appallh work in the same 1971 limousine that Mr. Hoover rode in, and by the same chauffeur, Special Agent Tom Moten. There the similarjty ends. ’ The’ window between the limou- ’ sine's front rear seats was always Hoover’s orders. Now Kelley keeps a friend- a going with his chaul- - itis open. Mi ly conversation . feur. ' You could set your watch by Mr. ” Heover’s departure from his Wash- ington home in the morning. But Mr. Kelley’s departure times are less cer- ‘tain, and Agent Moten is frequently « Ty ir re rer a al hardened criminal given bail is soon back on the streels—where he can commit more crimes, This problem is aggravated by the wholesale use of concurrent sentences and unreason- able plea bargaining. - Where is the FBI today in the baltle against organized crime? ' There is no question that we have’ had significant successes against or-.: ganized crime. We are winning the war, with aid from local, state and other federal law enforcement allies, but the war is by no means won. invited into the Kelley apartment for ; . When J, Edgar. Hoover ‘traveled by air around the country it was al- *. ways in the company of one or more ”_ of his top assistants. Clarence Kelley Here, in an interview with a Na-’ o _ T10N’s Busuvess editor at FBI head- ‘ quarters, Mr. Kelley gives some in- . sights into his stewardship of the ~ - FBI and what he hopes to achieve : during his tenure of office. What are -you -doing .to -reverse the frend of rising crime in this country?- .. The answers are not simple. Crime. . segments of society. Law enforcement alone cannot be held fully respon- ’ “gible. Crime is caused by many fac- ‘ ters, such as poverty, poor housing, lack of recreational facilities, inade- quate education. If we are to make a substantial re- duction in crime, and ‘I think we can, then many elements of society . must make their contributions to the. . overal} effort, . Da You have some specific: recom- : mendations? " One way to cut crime - would be “to reduce the number of hard-core criminals on-oug streets. A major is the criminal recidi- istics, based on arrests, repeater commits about us fact. : ” Why is this happening? _ . Partly because current bail pro- cedures often enable the hard-core -¢riminal to receive the same con- tee deel na -- -- is-a national problem, affecting all - f ali criminal acts. This . thwart organized crime. ‘spelt that out? Organized crime still drains bil- *ions of tax-free dollars from -our economy through illicit gambling op- : erations, vice, frand and loanshark- ing--through- systematic infiltration and bleeding of legitimate business. * And with inflation burdening the American people, organized crime becomes an economic parasite we could well do without . You. have talked about ‘stressing “quality-type cases” in trying to Can you This means “we must determine the sphere of influence, income and pow- er of the organized crime subjects we. ’ go after. Then we use every practical - . statutory weapon we have to build a prosecutable case, mae Ts this working out? , During the fiscal year just ended, our organized crime investigations resulted in 1,367 convictions, includ- ing Syndicate functionaries in New York City, Philadelphia, Cleveland _ and New England. Five other ranking Syndicate chief! tains were among nearly 2,700 or- ganized crime subjects _ prosecution as the fiscal year end- ed. Recoveries and tonfiscations in organized crime cases exceeded $3,250,000. . - So you are making inroads? There is no question that orga- nized crime “has felt the effects of os our efforts. Some of the organized “. crime groups aren't nearly. as or- ganized as they once were. Their ‘ affluent and powerful leaders have been sent off to do long prison sen- peters =: ote _the increase. However, Any new techniques? ‘awaiting - -brakes are placed on the times are ineffective and incapable of controlling their groups. How about white collar crimes $? Are . they on the Increase, too% White collar crime is j u have to adjust that statement by Saying that stainly 6 on -we are beginning to uncover much . ‘more than we once did, and it may- _ well be that we just - didn't know -what was in this area before. ../.. We have designated white collar . Grime as one of our priority “areas and we are pushing our investiga- tions with as much depth a as we ane”; Yes, we are bringing local prose- cutors, United States attorneys avd their assistants, and our own people ‘ together in training. sessions so they _ can lear more about white collar - crime. For example, they will ex- _ amine computer frauds and how ey . are perpetrated. ° We are trying to recruit more ‘BCH countants. Accountants are valuable in these investigations. White collar _ crimes can be very intricate financial maneuverings that call for more so- ‘phisticated types of investigation. Do you have any advice tor the busi- hess community in this area? _ ’ Well, there seems to have been a. ‘feeling of acceptance—not articulat- ed and perhaps even not admitted—_ of a certain amount of fraud. , I would say that one of the nist effective pieces of advice I could give to owners of businesses is that if they have any suspicions at all, let us in law .enforcement know about them so appropriate investigations can be conducted, - - Also, I would ‘urge them to Sb pare ticularly alert to security—security insofar as computer operations are ‘concerned, security in bookkeeping. And not to be completely trusting of employees in the self that no activities. - Do you know thai one of the rea- sons for white collar crime is the easy accessibility of funds? There is '. great temptation in handling large amounts of money. If business is going to rid iiseH of this scourge of white collar exime ii sideration as the ‘first offender. 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