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3-2 Final Project Milestone Two
Ralph Deines
Southern New Hampshire University
JUS-305: International Criminal Justice
July 16, 2023
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Draft of Violation (Section II)
In this milestone, we are going to explore the case of
“Operation Ghost Stories,” which was a long-term espionage campaign conducted by Russia, or more specifically, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) (K, International Criminal Justice
2018). This campaign was
meant to gather intelligence by infiltrating Western countries like the United States. In 2010, the FBI was able to catch up and arrest 10 Russian Spies working for the SVR after an FBI surveillance campaign of their own. This campaign resulted in their arrest and eventual expulsion
and them being charged for many different crimes including being unregistered foreign agents and espionage. The spies were all charged with a myriad of additional charges including providing false statements, illegally trying to obtain citizen documentation and residency, money laundering, and conspiracy. The Spies were found guilty of collecting information and sending it back to Russia (K, International Criminal Justice
2018), however rather than go through a lengthy trial, the 10 Russian spies were instead used by the United States in what was referred to as a spy swap, which occurred on the tarmac of an Austrian international airport (Rfe/rl, 2020). Although they were never able to get their hands on classified intelligence, it still shook the country knowing that spies were still prevalent in the United States even though the Cold War had come to an end in the years prior to this espionage case and that these embedded spies could be neighbors, friends, or even colleagues living a normal life as an American Citizen (K, International Criminal Justice
2018). The spies that were arrested in this case were not in the country legally but were still allotted the same rights in the judicial system and all normal procedures had to be followed regardless of who they allegedly worked for, their Russian nationality, or the accusations against them in this case (K, International Criminal Justice
2018).
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A.
Determine the criminal’s citizenship status and how this impacted the United States’
ability to adhere to procedural due process. Was the criminal a U.S. Citizen? Did the
criminal have dual citizenship? The Spies involved in Operation Ghost Story impacted the United States’ ability to follow procedural law and standard legal procedures. Only one of the 10 agents arrested during Operation Ghost Stories had American citizenship while the other spies were operating in the U.S. utilizing undercover identities with their actual identities concealed and unknown. After the spies were arrested by the FBI, the true citizenship and identity of all 10 had to be uncovered. With 9 of the 10 spies not being Americans, the same procedural due process of that afforded to the American citizen did not apply, creating delays in the legal process and complexity from the start of
the post-arrest investigation. As previously stated, some of the spies were able to acquire U.S. citizenship and legal residency in the country by providing false immigration information and fraudulent documents (
Operation ghost stories: Inside the russian spy case
2011). So, on paper, yes some were considered dual citizenship holders, although illegally obtained under false pretenses and fraudulent means. With questions about the validity of citizenship coupled with the long period of the spies resided in the United States, while assimilating to the American way of life American society, the government had to determine whether to pursue charges under U.S. law or through other diplomatic means. In the end, the U.S. government decided to pursue the diplomatic route and initiated the spy swap (Rfe/rl, 2020). B.
How does this information affect the United States’ ability to apprehend and charge the criminal? Although there were many complexities in obtaining the true identification of the spies, this did not necessarily affect the government and more
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specifically the FBI in charging and arresting the 10 spies. The FBI was able to gather enough evidence throughout the length of the investigation and prior to the arrest, including surveillance and intercepted communications, they had put together a substantial case and were able to easily charge the spies (
Operation ghost stories: Inside the russian spy case
2011). C.
Determine how the criminal’s location impacted the United States’ ability to adhere to procedural due process. At the time of the crime(s) committed, where did the criminal reside? How did this interfere with the investigation and apprehension of this criminal? The 10 spies involved in this spy ring were residing in many different locations throughout the United States, strategically housed to gather intelligence, build relationships, and assimilate with local American communities, blending in with the rest of America with no one except the FBI any wiser to their true identities (
Operation ghost stories: Inside the russian spy case
2011). The fact that they were acting as normal everyday citizens meant that they were arrested just as any American would be if charged
with a crime, so there was no interference during the investigation or arrest (K, International Criminal Justice
2018). The 10 spies resided in multiple locations from Boston Massachusetts, Montclair New Jersey, Yonkers New York, and Northern Virginia. This made the coordination between all law enforcement entities all that more important with the simultaneous execution of raids across four. This coordinated effort to capture these spies was no easy task and displays the true difficulty the FBI must have had leading up to the days of the arrest on June 27, 2010. D.
Explain which laws were violated domestically and internationally and the consequences associated with the violations. What crimes was the criminal
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charged within the United States? What were the associated consequences in violating these laws?
The spies were all charged with a myriad of additional charges including providing false statements, illegally trying to obtain citizen documentation and residency, money laundering, and conspiracy. Although there are consequences involved with breaking any law, the laws broken in this case had no effect being that all the spies pleaded guilty to not registering as foreign agents in the country and were all eventually traded to Russia through diplomatic means during the Vienna spy swap (Rfe/rl, 2020).
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References:
FBI. (2011, October 31). Operation ghost stories: Inside the russian spy case
. FBI. https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/operation-ghost-stories-inside-the-russian-spy-case
K, C. (2018a, February 9). International Criminal Justice
. OMICS International. https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/international-criminal-justice-2223-5833-
1000238-98288.html
K, C. (2018b, February 9). International Criminal Justice
. OMICS International. https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/international-criminal-justice-2223-5833-
1000238-98288.html#:~:text=These%20procedural%20laws%20apply%20to,protection
%20right%20against%20self%2Dincrimination
.
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. (2020, July 8). The Big Spy Swap: The u.s.-russia secret agent
exchange 10 years ago
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spy-swap-the-major-u-s--russia-secret-agent-exchange-ten-years-ago/
30713842.html#:~:text=The%20exchange%20happened%20on%20July,10%20Russians
%2C%20including%20Anna%20Chapman
.
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