Each faces a felony charge of theft of public funds, said George Beckwith of the district attorney's special prosecution unit.

The reception area outside the secured boundaries of the major prosecution unit was vacant.

What is needed, the report said, is a comprehensive strategy, including the creation of special police and prosecution units to eliminate major drug traffickers and their gangs.

Peter Reinharz, chief of New York City's juvenile prosecution unit.

Over the next six months, a prosecution unit devoted to organized crime and violent gangs orchestrated a series of drug purchases at the Sweet Cherry.

Early in his career, Lehner created and leaded the environmental prosecution unit for New York City Law Department.

The division's special prosecution unit prosecutes or assists in the prosecution of cases throughout Missouri, many of them homicide cases.

"The Family Court is bankrupt," said Peter Reinharz, chief of New York City's juvenile prosecution unit.

In 1974, he created the nation's first antitrust prosecution unit operating at the district attorney (county) level and enforcing state unfair competition laws.

Mr. Siegel said he had analyzed the costs of adding a prosecution unit to the review board in 1997.