1. DANGEROUS drivers are facing massive fines and imprisonment after police launched a crackdown. 2. As Guerrero governor, Ruiz Massieu launched a crackdown that led to the arrest of Rubio Canales, who owned the farm where Trevino is believed to have worked. 3. But the United States recently launched a crackdown on illegal immigration in the Rio Grande Valley that prompted protests from Mexico. 4. In Belgium, a Green parliamentarian, Magda Aelvot, was named health minister last month and promptly launched a crackdown on contaminated food. 5. Musharraf banned two hard-line sectarian groups in January and launched a crackdown on Islamic militancy in general. 6. The FBI launched a crackdown on Russian organized crime in the United States with the New York arrest of the man called the Russian godfather. 7. Opposition to the president, who has launched a crackdown on dissent, has been growing. 8. Pakistan launched a crackdown on Islamic militants and anti-India guerrilla groups Thursday. 9. Police say crime in this violence-plagued port city has dropped since the government launched a crackdown on the Muttahida Qami Movement political party. 10. Punjab authorities have launched a crackdown against sectarian groups, arresting hundreds of known Islamic militants from both the Sunni and Shiite sects. |