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exgeeded $10 million. Some 1,186 fugitives were ‘¥,, loGated during these investigations. bo. Seygual cases investigated involved extreme- a7 ly large sums of money. In one case, on Septem- « ber 27, 1974, three armed and masked individuals robbed a Reno, Nevada, bank of 81,044,000, This ‘B is believed to be the largest bank robbery in ®¢? terms of stolen cash in the history of the United States. As a result of FBI investigation, three individuals have been Federally indicted for this robbery and over one-half million dollars of bank “ loot recovered, 7» ° In another case, on October 20, 1974, $4.3 million was stolen from the vault of Purolator Security, Inc., Chicago, Hlinois. FBI investiga- . tion in cooperation with Hlinois authorities re+ - sulted in the identification and arrest of six persons connected with the theft. Over 1.5 million dollars has been recovered with an addi- . onal $1.1 million located in bank accounts on - Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. 7 ‘Kidnaping oo Kidnaping continues to be an area of serious _,concern. In Fiscal 1975, 94 convictions for vio- - lations of the Federal Kidnaping Statute were " recorded. +. These abductions vary in style and in moti- Vation, , Some take on a politi@al flavor, such as nk comera records robbery in progress in Memphis, ennessee... the much-publicized and still active Patricia Hearst case. _—— Patricia Campbeli Hearst, the victim $f a bizarre kidnaping last year, has claimed acgept- ance of the radica) philosophies professed by her one-time captors, the Symbionese Liberation ! rmy (SLA). As the fiscal year ended, she remained in hiding as a fugitive along with her SLA as- sociates, William and Emily Harris; and a Fed- eral grand jury was investigating to determine if Hearst and the Harrises had been aided illegally by several harboring suspects. Kidnapings directed primarily toward finan- cial gain or ransom have been numerous. It ap pears that individual demands in these cases are increasing in amount. During Fiscal 1975, one transom of $750,000 was demanded ~ and paid. The primary objective of the FBI in any kid- © haping situation is the safety of the victim, After ail efforts have been expended to insure this goal, the identification, arrest, and prosecution - of persons responsible are pursued. These ob- jectives, as well as the recovery of ransom money, have been realized in most cases, making Kidnaping a crime in which there is more risk than profit. Extortion Violations of the Federal Extortion Statute also appear to be increasing. In Fiscal 1975, there were 71 convictions under this Statute, compared to 68 ‘in Fiscal 1974. Many violations of this law involved threats made against individuals in public office. The and in Albuquerque, New Mexico. y . yl “a _