Excerpt from Oversight of the Department of Justice Witness Security Program: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate One Hundred Fourth Congress Second Session, on the Effectiveness of the Department of Justice Witness Security Program Created Under the Organized Crime Act of 1970 to Protect Witnesses Wh The Witness Security Program was created by Congress under the Organized Crime Act of 1970. It was designed to protect wit nesses who testify against traditional organized crime figures. More recently, the purview of the program was expanded to include major narcotics organizations, prison gangs, and violent street gangs. The goal of this program was to allow witnesses to come for ward with information against major leaders of organized crime without fear of retaliation. Since the program's inception, close to people have been placed in the program. Sixty-six hundred are protected witnesses while the remainder are dependents or close family members. Within the last 5 years, approximately 200 new witnesses have been admitted into the program each year, on average. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.