FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    AG
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1997                               (202) 616-2765
                                                    TDD (202) 514-1888

Attorney General Janet Reno and her Counterparts from The Eight to Announce Results of First-Ever Meeting on Transnational Crime at Wednesday 2:30 Press Conference

WASHINGTON, DC -- Attorney General Janet Reno and her counterparts from The Eight -- a group of the world's major industrialized democracies -- will meet tomorrow to discuss issues of transnational high-tech crime. The meeting of the Justice and Interior Ministers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada, France and Russia will focus on ways in which the countries can work together to locate criminals who use new technologies and ensure that there are no safe havens for cyber-criminals.

Following their morning meetings, the Ministers will hold a press conference to announce the results of their discussions and a series of commitments to better combat cyber-crime.

WHAT: Ministers Press Conference

WHEN: Wednesday, December 10, 2:30 PM

WHERE: FBI Headquarters, Auditorium

10th and Pennsylvania Avenues, NW

Translation: The press conference will be simultaneously translated into German, French, Japanese, Italian and Russian. Mult boxes providing feeds for each language will be available.

Press Entrance: 10th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue, NW and E Street. All equipment, including TV cameras must be screened through x-ray machine. Electronic media should arrive between 1:15-2:00 pm. Print media and reporters without equipment should arrive between 1:45 and 2:15 pm.

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