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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- In a step toward solving one of Latin America's most unrelenting problems, five Latin American countries sent delegates from police and civil society last week to a conference in Brazil to discuss police reform.
The delegates from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico met in Rio de Janeiro at a seminar sponsored by non-governmental organizations, including the Open Society Institute. Next year, they plan to invite five more countries in an attempt to create a permanent forum on the issue.
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26 April 2007
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Two former Hollywood police officers arrested in an FBI corruption sting pleaded guilty Wednesday on drug conspiracy charges.
Kevin Companion, 41, and Stephen Harrison, 46, face 10 years to life in prison when they are sentenced July 20.
Both men, along with two other officers, Sgt. Jeffry Courtney, 51 and Detective Thomas Simcox, 50, were charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute heroin. All pleaded not guilty to the charges last week. The men waived their right to have the case heard by a grand jury and agreed that prosecutors could file the charges through an "information" rather than an indictment.
That usually means the case is headed for a plea agreement in return for a defendant's cooperation.
Hollywood Police Chief James Scarberry said last week that he expected all four to enter guilty pleas.
Telephone messages left for Edward Stamm, the assistant U.S. attorney handling the case, attorneys for the men and Hollywood police were not immediately returned Wednesday evening.
Companion and Harrison remain out on bond until their sentencing.
Court papers say Companion was the leader who recruited the other three to do illegal work for men they thought were part of a New York mob family.
In reality, the "mobsters" were undercover FBI agents. In addition to providing protection and escort for a purported multi-kilo load of heroin, court papers say the officers were involved in what they thought was illegal gambling, stolen diamonds, watches and cigarettes in return for payments of a few thousand dollars each.
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