DATE= NOVEMBER 10, 1997
TYPE= EDITORIAL
NUMBER= 0-07520
TITLE= EDITORIAL: INTERNATIONAL CRIME ALERT: LAYENI
CONTENT=THIS EDITORIAL SHOULD BE USED BY NOVEMBER 17 BY WORLDWIDE
ENGLISH AND ALL SERVICES IN THE AFRICAN DIVISION.
ANNCR:
NEXT, AN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.
VOICE:
HEROIN. IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ADDICTIVE AND
DANGEROUS NARCOTICS. IN RECENT YEARS, NIGERIA HAS BECOME A MAJOR
TRANSIT COUNTRY FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN HEROIN DESTINED FOR THE
UNITED STATES. IN 1990, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BEGAN A MAJOR PROBE
OF INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE U.S. BY NIGERIAN
CITIZENS. OVER THIRTY WERE ARRESTED AND FOURTEEN KILOGRAMS OF
HEROIN WERE SEIZED. ONE MEMBER OF THE DRUG TRAFFICKING NETWORK,
FRANCIS OLUFIMI LAYENI, FLED U.S. JURISDICTION. HE IS NOW AN
INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVE.
IN JANUARY 1994, A FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTED LAYENI FOR
CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE HEROIN IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C., AREA.
FRANCIS OLUFIMI LAYENI IS AN AFRICAN MALE BORN IN LAGOS,
NIGERIA, DECEMBER 9TH, 1955. HE IS ONE-METER SEVENTY CENTIMETERS
IN HEIGHT AND WEIGHS SEVENTY-NINE KILOGRAMS. HE HAS BLACK HAIR
AND BROWN EYES. HE HAS WORKED AS A TAXI DRIVER AND AS A
COMMERCIAL PRINTER. HE HAS USED THE NAME FEMI LAYENI. HE HAS
ASSOCIATES IN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO AND HAS BEEN KNOWN TO USE
ILLICIT DRUGS. HE MAY BE HIDING IN NIGERIA AND TRAVELING TO AND
FROM LONDON. LAYENI SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION CONCERNING FRANCIS OLUFIMI LAYENI,
YOU SHOULD CONTACT THE NEAREST U.S. EMBASSY OR CONSULATE. THE
U.S. GUARANTEES THAT ALL REPORTS WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND ALL
INFORMATION WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL. IF APPROPRIATE, THE U.S.
IS PREPARED TO PROTECT INFORMANTS BY RELOCATING THEM.
ANNCR:
THAT WAS AN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR
MORE INFORMATION ON INTERNATIONAL FUGITIVES, VISIT THE UNITED
STATES INFORMATION AGENCY WEB SITE HTTP://WWW.USIA.GOV/USIS.HTML
THEN SEARCH INDEX FOR "INTERNATIONAL CRIME ALERT."
07-Nov-97 12:00 PM EST (1700 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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