Foreign Law: Crime & Communism

Under Communism, crime was supposed to wither away as fast as the state. But last week the Soviet Union acknowledged its soaring crime rate by creating a new "Ministry for the Protection of Public Peace," which will nationalize the country's sorely beset police forces. While sharply boosting police powers and urging more prowl cars, the Kremlin freed Russians of any liability for injury done to a suspect in making a citizen's arrest.

Communist nations are plagued with just about all the crimes known to the West, and a few others besides. Crimes against...

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