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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Legislature will form a special subcommittee focused on combating organized crime.
The subcommittee will look at a variety of topics that fall under the"organized crime" umbrella, including drug cartels, cyber-crime groups and retail theft rings. As a legislative subcommittee, they have the power to open bill files and compel witness testimony, Rep. Wilcox said. Jensen gave a presentation on crime trends in Utah to the committee on Wednesday. Overall, property crime, violent crime and homicides in Utah are trending downward or is flat. That mirrors crime trends nationally, DPS officials said.
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