Police corruption has become the topic of much public controversy in recent times mainly due to the heightened level of journalistic coverage afforded to the phenomenon. Documented cases of police corruption, however, have been around for over a century. These reports have extended the world over. In the United States, for example, police corruption has been tied in with illicit drug enterprises from as far back in history as 1890. The level of corruption varied from …showed first 75 words of 2095 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2095 total…Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, New York, p. 38, viewed 12 August 2005, <http://www.drugwarfacts.org/corrupt.htm> United States Government Printing Office (1998), Report to the Honorable Charles B. Rangel, House of Representatives, Law Enforcement: Information on Drug-Related Police Corruption, General Accounting Office, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, pp. 36-37, viewed 12 August 2005, <http://www.drugwarfacts.org/corrupt.htm> USGPO - see - United States Government Printing Office