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Russian Tax Police

NPR's Michelle Kelemen reports that Russian officials, desperate to end rampant tax evasion, created a special police force to combat the problem. And in order to ensure future candidates will be ready to take on the roll of "tax police", they've begun training teens, at a cadet school in Moscow.

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