>>> THE FBI SAYS IRAN HAD A PLAN TO KILL THIS IRANIAN ACTIVIST, HERE ON U.S. SOIL. >> WHEN MEDIA LIKE YOU ARE NOT
PAYING ATTENTION TO ME, FINALLY THEY'RE GOING TO COME AFTER ME. THAT'S BECAUSE IRAN IS INTENSIFYING ITS GLOBAL EFFORT
TO KIDNAP OR KILL TARGETS, INCLUDING AMERICAN OFFICIALS. THIS WAS NOT INTERNET CHATTER. THIS WAS A NEGOTIATION TO MURDER
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, A FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. >>> RUSSIA HAS TARGETED HUNDREDS OF MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES, AND
CHURCHES IN UKRAINE IN WHAT SOME ARE CALLING A CULTURAL GENOCIDE. >> WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE. I MEAN THE CULTURAL LEGACY,
CULTURAL HERITAGE, THIS IS WHAT MAKES US RICH AND WHAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT AND PASS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS BECAUSE DESTROYING
OUR PAST, THE RUSSIANS TRIES TO DESTROY OUR FUTURE. >>> HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS DOPING IN HORSE RACING?
>> IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. IT STRIKES AT THE INTEGRITY OF THE SPORT. "60 MINUTES" GOES INSIDE AN FBI
STING THAT EXPOSED DOPING BY VETERINARIANS AND HORSE TRAINERS. >> WE CAN'T DO IT IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT, WE GOT TO DO IT LIKE -- >> I KNOW, I'LL KEEP IT AT MY -- I'LL KEEP -- I'LL KEEP IT IN MY
CAR, I AIN'T WORRIED ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT ABOUT -- WHAT A -- I AM -- I DON'T WANT -- PEOPLE SEE THAT [ BLEEP ] -- WE ARE DEAD,
WE ARE DEAD. >> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER.
>> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M JON WERTHEIM. I'M CECILIA VEGA. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE TONIGHT ON "60 MINUTES." >>> TENSIONS KEEP RISING BETWEEN THE U.S. AND IRAN SINCE THE
ISRAEL/HAMAS WAR BEGAN. ALMOST EVERY WEEK IRANIAN-BACKED MILITIAS HAVE ATTACKED U.S. BASES IN SYRIA AND IRAQ.
IT'S THE LATEST EXAMPLE, AND A SERIOUS ESCALATION, OF TEHRAN'S USE OF PROXY FIGHTERS -- LIKE HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS.
TONIGHT, YOU'LL HEAR OF ANOTHER TYPE OF PROXY THAT IRAN DEPLOYS, THAT RECEIVES FAR LESS ATTENTION.
TEHRAN IS HIRING HITMEN AROUND THE WORLD IN AN EFFORT TO INTIMIDATE, ABDUCT, AND ASSASSINATE PERCEIVED ENEMIES OF
THE REGIME. AND THEY'RE DOING IT RIGHT HERE ON U.S. SOIL. >> THIS VIDEO WAS POSTED ONLINE
BY A CHANNEL AFFILIATED WITH IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. IT VOWS TO KILL FORMER AMERICAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, INCLUDING
PRESIDENT TRUMP, TO AVENGE THE 2020 U.S. ASSASSINATION OF THE TERRORISM MASTERMIND QASSEM SOLEIMANI.
THREATS LIKE THIS HAVE BEEN DEEMED CREDIBLE ENOUGH THAT SEVERAL OF THESE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN UNDER ROUND-THE-CLOCK
PROTECTION, INCLUDING FORMER DEFENSE SECRETARY MARK ESPER, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO -- IRAN REPORTEDLY
OFFERED A HITMAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO KILL HIM, AND JOHN BOLTON, THE FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER.
>> THEY BARGAINED THE PRICE FOR ME WOULD BE $300,000, WHICH I HAVE TO SAY I FOUND INSULTING. >> SO WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE PLOT
AGAINST YOU? >> THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD SOUGHT TO PROCURE EITHER MY KIDNAPPING OR MY ASSASSINATION,
NOT DIRECTLY BY A REVOLUTIONARY GUARD'S MEMBER, BUT BY SEEKING A HITMAN, WHO WOULD CARRY OUT THE JOB EITHER IN THE U.S. OR
ABROAD. >> THE FBI HAS AN ARREST WARRANT OUT FOR THIS IRANIAN OFFICER, CLAIMING THAT HE HIRED THE
HITMAN ONLINE TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, CORNER BOLTON IN A GARAGE AND KILL HIM. BUT IT TURNED OUT, LUCKY FOR
BOLTON, THE ASSASSIN WAS AN FBI INFORMANT. >> THIS WAS NOT INTERNET CHATTER.
THIS WAS A NEGOTIATION TO MURDER AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, A FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. >> IS THE THREAT AGAINST YOU
ONGOING? >> WE'VE GOT MARKED SECRET SERVICE CARS THAT SAY, "POLICE, UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE,"
OUTSIDE MY HOME. >> WE TALKED TO THE FBI AND SEVERAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND THEY TOLD US THAT IRAN'S
EFFORTS ARE BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND BOLDER. AND THAT THEY OFTEN GO AFTER VOCAL IRANIAN ACTIVISTS LIVING
ABROAD. >> THE IDEA BEHIND ASSASSINATION PLOT, BEHIND KIDNAPPING PLOT IS TO KEEP YOU SILENT.
>> WE MET ONE OF THEIR TARGETS IN BROOKLYN. MASIH ALINEJAD IS A LEADER IN THE WOMEN'S REVOLT AGAINST THE
LAW IN IRAN MANDATING THEY WEAR A HEADSCARF-OR HIJAB. FORCED TO FLEE 14 YEARS AGO, SHE SETTLED HERE IN BROOKLYN WHERE
SHE ENCOURAGES WOMEN BACK HOME TO SEND HER VIDEOS OF THEM TAKING OFF THE HIJABS AND SHE SPREADS THOSE IMAGES ONLINE TO
HER 10 MILLION OR SO FOLLOWERS -- FUELING THE PROTEST MOVEMENT. >> SO THE MULLAHS BEGAN TO FOCUS
ON YOU. THE FBI CAME AND TOLD YOU THERE WAS A PLOT AGAINST YOU. >> THERE WERE, LIKE, SIX OR
SEVEN FBI AGENTS. WHEN THEY CAME TO MY HOUSE, THEY TOLD ME THAT, "YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER."
I WAS, LIKE, "OKAY, TELL ME SOMETHING NEW." BECAUSE WE IRANIANS ARE USED TO IT.
BUT THEY ACTUALLY SAID, "NO, THIS TIME IT'S DIFFERENT." THEY SAID THAT "THE IRANIAN REGIME HIRED PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR ON U.S. SOIL, TO TAKE PHOTOS OF YOUR MOVEMENT, YOUR DAILY LIFE, YOUR ROUTINE." AND I WAS LIKE, "WOW, SO THEY'RE
HERE IN NEW YORK, IN BROOKLYN?" >> THE PLOT WAS TO KIDNAP YOU AND TAKE YOU BY SPEEDBOAT TO VENEZUELA?
>> HEY, IT SOUNDS LIKE A SCARY MOVIE TO YOU, NO? >> NO, IT SOUNDS IMPLAUSIBLE TO ME.
>> YOU SEE, IT'S A REALITY FOR US. >> AND A REALITY FOR THE FBI, THAT SAYS THE PLAN WAS TO GET
HER TO IRAN TO STAND TRIAL. IT WAS THE SAME FOR JAMSHID SHARMAHD, ANOTHER IRANIAN DISSIDENT WHO LIVED IN
LOS ANGELES FOR TWO DECADES AND CREATED A WEBSITE WHERE PEOPLE IN IRAN COULD REPORT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
IN 2020, WHILE HE WAS CHANGING PLANES IN DUBAI ON A BUSINESS TRIP, HIS FAMILY NOTICED HIS PHONE STARTED HEADING IN THE
WRONG DIRECTION. HIS DAUGHTER, GAZELLE SHARMAHD, SOON SAW HER DAD POP UP ON IRANIAN TV IN A COURTROOM --
LOOKING PETRIFIED. >> HE'S FORCED TO CONFESSIONS ABOUT CRIMES HE DID NOT COMMIT. THE CHARGE THAT THEY GAVE HIM IS
"CORRUPTION ON EARTH." THAT'S WHY HE GOT THE DEATH SENTENCE. >> IS IT A SITUATION WHERE HE
COULD ACTUALLY BE EXECUTED ANY DAY -- >> OH, YES. THEY WANT TO HANG HIM FROM A
CRANE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. >> THE ORIGINAL PLOT TO KIDNAP MASIH WAS THWARTED, BUT ACCORDING TO THE FBI, A YEAR
LATER, IN 2022, IRAN PAID THIS AZERBAIJANI LIVING OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY, $30,000 TO BUY A SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE AND KILL
HER. HE LURKED OUTSIDE HER HOME FOR A WEEK. HIS PLAN WAS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF HER FRIENDLINESS TO HER NEIGHBORS. >> HE WAS ACTUALLY FOLLOWING MY LIFE.
HE KNEW THAT I WAS THE ONE OFFERING FLOWERS TO STRANGERS. >> YOU OFFERED FLOWERS TO STRANGERS?
>> YEAH, THIS IS ME. SO HE RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM THE GUY INSIDE IRAN, SAYING THAT "GO AND KNOCK THE DOOR.
THEN TAKE HER TO THE BACKYARD GARDEN." IF I HAD OPENED THE DOOR, I WOULD HAVE JUST GIVEN HIM A BIG
SMILE AND SAID, "YES, LET'S GO TO MY GARDEN." AND THEN HE WANTED TO JUST KILL ME?
>> DID HE ACTUALLY KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR? >> YES. >> HER HOME SECURITY CAMERA
ACTUALLY CAUGHT HIM ON HER PORCH TRYING TO GET IN. EVENTUALLY HE TOOK OFF, BUT WAS PULLED OVER FOR RUNNING A STOP
SIGN. THAT'S WHEN THE POLICE FOUND THIS IN HIS CAR. HE'S BEEN IN CUSTODY AWAITING
TRIAL EVER SINCE. BUT HERE'S WHAT'S INTERESTING: NEITHER HE NOR TWO OTHER MEN THE PROSECUTORS SAY WERE HIRED FOR
THE JOB WERE IRANIAN. LIKE HIM, THEY WERE EASTERN EUROPEAN AND, AS IS BECOMING A TRADEMARK OF IRAN'S SHADOW WAR,
THEY WERE CRIMINALS. >>>> THEY WERE ALL FROM CRIMINAL SYNDICATE. THEY WERE ALL FROM CRIMINAL
SYNDICATE. THIS IS WHAT THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IS REALLY GOOD AT, LIKE, USING DRUG DEALERS, USING
CRIMINALS TO DO THEIR DIRTY JOB ON THE WESTERN SOIL. >> WELL, AND MAYBE HAVE DENIABILITY.
>> EXACTLY. >> "WE DIDN'T DO IT." >> THAT'S THE POINT. >> SO WHY DO THEY USE PROXIES?
>> TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT BEING TRACKED BY INTELLIGENCE OR SECURITY AGENCIES FOR THIS. >> MATT JUKES, HEAD OF
COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICING IN BRITAIN, SAYS THIS IS NOT JUST AN AMERICAN PROBLEM. IN THE UK, THEY HAVE FOILED 15
IRANIAN KIDNAPPING AND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS SINCE LAST YEAR. >> I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN
NATIONAL SECURITY POLICING FOR OVER 20 YEARS. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS IS A REAL ACCELERATION.
>> WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT A LOT OF THESE CRIMINAL GANGS HIRE OTHER CRIMINAL GANGS, AND THEN MAYBE A THIRD GROUP.
>> I THINK WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO SEE THIS COLLABORATION BETWEEN CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS. WE KNOW THAT THIS WILL NOT
ALWAYS BE A DIRECT LINE FROM A STATE ORGANIZATION TO A THREAT TO A POTENTIAL KIDNAPPING. >> THIS RECORDING WAS GIVEN TO
US BY A FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. IT SHOWS HOW IRAN RECRUITS CRIMINALS.
>> ENGLISH TRANSLATION: I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE IRGC, THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD. >> THIS IS AN IRANIAN SMUGGLER
FROM URMIA, A TOWN NEAR THE TURKISH BORDER. HE REVEALS TO THE FOREIGN AGENTS THAT HE WAS APPROACHED BY IRAN'S
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD WITH A DEAL: THEY'LL TURN A BLIND EYE TO HIS SMUGGLING IF HE HELPS THEM. >> THEIR REQUEST WAS THAT I FIND
PEOPLE WHO COULD WORK FOR THEM. WHAT KIND OF WORK? >> ANYTHING, LIKE, CATCHING SOMEONE FOR US SO THEY CAN BE
BEATEN UP OR GOTTEN RID OF. >> THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS HIM RECRUITING A FELLOW SMUGGLER FOR THE TASK: THE MAN IN WHITE
IS MANSOUR RASOULI, AN ALLEGED DRUG DEALER. HE AGREED TO ARRANGE ASSASSINATIONS THROUGHOUT EUROPE
FOR THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT -- FOR MONEY. BUT A FEW WEEKS LATER, RASOULI WAS KIDNAPPED AT NIGHT AND
INTERROGATED IN A CAR, REPORTEDLY BY ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE. THEY EXTRACTED THIS CELL PHONE
CONFESSION, WHERE RASOULI ADMITS HE WAS PAID $150,000 UPFRONT AND PROMISED A MILLION DOLLARS IF HE KILLED THREE PEOPLE FOR THE
IRANIANS. >> RASOULI CONFESSION TAPE: ENGLISH TRANSLATION: ONE IS AN ISRAELI AT THE EMBASSY IN
ISTANBUL, TURKEY. ANOTHER ONE IS AN AMERICAN GENERAL IN GERMANY. AND ONE IS A JOURNALIST IN
FRANCE. THE FRENCH TARGET WAS IDENTIFIED AS PHILOSOPHER BERNARD HENRI LEVY, A VOCAL CRITIC OF
THE REGIME IN TEHRAN. THE IDENTIFY OF THE AMERICAN GENERAL REMAINS A MYSTERY. THE PLOT TO KILL THE THREE WAS
PREVENTED. BUT IN RECENT YEARS, IRANIAN DISSIDENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY KIDNAPPED AND SMUGGLED TO IRAN.
SEVERAL WERE EXECUTED. >> THEY'VE SUCCEEDED IN EUROPE. THEY HAVEN'T SUCCEEDED IN THE UNITED STATES, EVEN THOUGH WE
KNOW THERE ARE TARGETS. >> RIGHT. >> SO MANY AMERICAN OFFICIALS AND OTHERS ARE BEING TARGETED.
WHY IS IT NOT A BIGGER ISSUE? >> LOOK, I THINK THE TARGETING OF AMERICAN CITIZENS BY A HOSTILE FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IS
VERY CLOSE TO AN ACT OF WAR. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY SUCCEEDED IN ASSASSINATING SOMEONE LIKE YOU, A WELL-KNOWN
FORMER OFFICIAL? >> WELL, I WOULDN'T LIKE TO FIND OUT FOR MYSELF OR FOR THE COUNTRY, BUT WHY ARE WE SITTING
HERE, QUIETLY TALKING ABOUT THIS WHEN THEY ARE, IN EFFECT, SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO COMMIT ACTS OF WAR AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS ON
AMERICAN SOIL? >> DOES THE FACT THAT IRAN FEELS EMBOLDENED TO COME AFTER OUR CITIZENS -- DOES THAT MEAN WE'VE
LOST OUR DETERRENCE? >> WELL, I THINK WE HAVE LOST DETERRENCE. AND I THINK THIS ALSO GOES TO AN
UNWILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO CONFRONT THE AYATOLLAHS IN A WAY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND.
>> THEY CAN CHALLENGE U.S. GOVERNMENT ON U.S. SOIL WITHOUT ANY PUNISHMENT. THEN WHAT'S THE REASON TO STOP?
>> WELL, THERE ARE SANCTIONS AGAINST THEM. >> SANCTION IS NOT SUFFICIENT. SANCTION IS NOT HELPING.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? DROP A BOMB? >> NO. LOOK, WHEN YOU NEGOTIATE WITH
THE KILLERS, YOU'RE EMPOWERING THEM. >> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR REQUESTS
FOR AN INTERVIEW. WHEN MASIH ALINEJAD WAS CALLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS ABOUT IRAN IN SEPTEMBER, SHE SAID THAT
UNLESS THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY CHANGES, HER LIFE WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN DANGER. >> I BELIEVE THAT WHEN I'M NOT
IN THE SPOTLIGHT, WHEN MEDIA LIKE YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO ME, FINALLY THEY'RE GOING TO COME AFTER ME.
>> WHILE SHE NOW HAS THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK HER MIND IN AMERICA, SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE FREEDOM TO LIVE WHERE SHE WANTS.
MASIH AND HER FAMILY HAVE HAD TO GO INTO HIDING, UNDER FBI PROTECTION. >> IT'S LIKE, WOW, THE
GOVERNMENT FROM MY OWN COUNTRY TRYING TO KILL ME, BUT MY ADOPTED COUNTRY TRYING TO PROTECT ME.
YOU HAVE TO BE AN IRANIAN TO SURVIVE ASSASSINATION PLOT, TO UNDERSTAND THAT, HOW IT FEELS TO SURVIVE IN AMERICA AND TO HAVE
THE PLATFORM AND TO CRITICIZE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. >> YOU'RE TEARING UP, TELL ME WHY YOU'RE TEARING UP.
>> BECAUSE PEOPLE IN MY COUNTRY GET KILLED FOR CRITICIZING. GET SHOT IN HEAD FOR THE CRIME OF CRITICIZING.
>>> YOU'LL BE SURPRISED TO LEARN WHO ELSE IRAN IS TARGETING. >> THEY CONSIDER WHAT WE DO ILLEGAL.
>> AT >>> LAST MONTH A U.N. REPORT FOUND NEW EVIDENCE THAT RUSSIA HAD COMMITTED WAR CRIMES IN
UKRAINE WITH DELIBERATE KILLINGS AND WIDESPREAD USE OF TORTURE. BUT THEY HAVE YET TO EXAMINE THE INTENTIONAL DESTRUCTION OF
CULTURAL PROPERTY, WHICH ALSO IS A WAR CRIME. UKRAINE ACCUSES RUSSIAN FORCES OF TARGETING CHURCHES,
LIBRARIES, AND LOOTING THE COUNTRY'S MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUMS. AND WHILE PLUNDER IS AS OLD AS
WAR ITSELF, UKRAINIAN INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS IS DIFFERENT. THEY SEE A CAMPAIGN OF CULTURAL
GENOCIDE TO DESTROY UKRAINE'S IDENTITY AS A NATION. TODAY, A NETWORK OF CULTURAL WARRIORS IN UKRAINE IS BUILDING
THE CASE AGAINST RUSSIA. IT'S A HERITAGE WAR, ONE TOLD US. AND WE JOINED THEM IN THE FRONT
LINES. >> NOT MUCH WAS LEFT OF THE TINY VILLAGE OF VIAZIVKA, A FEW HOURS NORTHWEST OF KYIV, AFTER RUSSIAN
FORCES OVERWHELMED THE REGION LAST MARCH. BUT WE WEREN'T PREPARED FOR THIS.
>> MY GOD, SO IHOR, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? >> LIBERATION OF UKRAINE BY RUSSIAN OCCUPATION FORCES.
YOU SEE WHAT THIS LIBERATION MEANS. >> WHY WOULD THEY TARGET A CHURCH?
>> IN THIS SMALL VILLAGE THIS WAS THE MAIN PLACE. AND IT WAS TARGETED JUST TO DESTROY WHAT KEEPS THE WHOLE
VILLAGE AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. >> IHOR POSHYVAILO IS DIRECTOR OF THE CONTEMPORARY MAIDAN
MUSEUM IN KYIV. HE'D BROUGHT US TO SEE THE CARCASS OF THE CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY ON UKRAINE'S HERITAGE
LIST. POSHYVAILO TOLD US THE RUSSIANS HAD DELIBERATELY SHELLED IT WHEN THEY RETREATED LAST YEAR.
THERE WAS NO FIGHTING NEARBY. BUILT IN 1862, THE CHURCH HAD SURVIVED TWO WORLD WARS, COMMUNISM, AND A REVOLUTION.
BUT NOT THIS. >> SO WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU THINK THE RUSSIANS WERE TRYING TO SEND BY DESTROYING THIS CHURCH?
>> WE ARE STRONG. YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID OF US. AND WE WILL DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
WE DON'T NEED YOU ON THIS LAND. WE DON'T NEED YOUR TRADITIONS, BELIEFS, YOUR CULTURE. YOU'LL NOT, YOU'LL NOT EXIST.
>> ERASE YOU. >> ERASE YOU, EXACTLY. >> AS WE SIFTED THROUGH THE WRECKAGE, POSHYVAILO TOLD US THE
CHURCH HAD BEEN FAMOUS FOR ITS UNIQUE CENTURIES-OLD FOLK ART. >> AND THESE ARE ALL PAINTINGS? >> YES, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT
THEY STILL HAVE -- >> WOW, LOOK AT THAT. >> HE TOLD US THIS WAS ONE OF 700 CHURCHES THAT HAVE BEEN HIT
SO FAR. SOME WERE COLLATERAL DAMAGE. MANY WERE NOT. TO DOCUMENT THE DESTRUCTION,
POSHYVAILO CO-FOUNDED THE HERITAGE EMERGENCY RESPONSE INITIATIVE, A SORT OF CULTURAL S.W.A.T. TEAM THAT TRAVELS TO
DAMAGED SITES, INTERVIEWING EYEWITNESSES, AND SAVING WHAT THEY CAN. >> IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR ME
BECAUSE EVERY MORNING I GET UP AND I THINK THAT IT'S -- IT'S NOT REALITY, WHAT WE HAVE AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE FEELINGS THAT
WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE. >> NEVER FORGIVE? >> WE WILL NEVER FORGIVE. I MEAN, THE CULTURAL LEGACY,
CULTURAL HERITAGE, THIS IS WHAT MAKES US RICH AND WHAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT AND PASS TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THAT'S WHY I CAN SEE THAT IT'S ONE OF THE FRONT LINES OF THIS WAR. BECAUSE DESTROYING OUR PAST,
RUSSIANS TRIES TO DESTROY OUR FUTURE. IT'S NOT ONLY CHURCHES. HUNDREDS OF MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES,
AND MONUMENTS HAVE BEEN BOMBED, BURNED, OR SHELLED. LAST FEBRUARY, THE RUSSIANS RAZED THIS SMALL FOLK MUSEUM
NEAR KYIV TO THE GROUND. NEARBY BUILDINGS WERE UNTOUCHED. FARTHER EAST, RUSSIAN ARTILLERY DESTROYED THIS MUSEUM.
LOCALS CARRIED OUT THE ONLY SURVIVING STATUE OF ITS PATRON SAINT LIKE A WOUNDED PATIENT. POSHYVAILO, AND OTHERS, TOLD US
THEY BELIEVE IT'S A STRATEGY THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE KREMLIN. FOR YEARS, RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS PUBLICLY DISMISSED UKRAINE'S RIGHT TO EXIST AT ALL. "WE ARE ALL RUSSIANS," HE SAID.
MANY MUSEUM WORKERS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED -- EVEN KIDNAPPED -- BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS. >> YOU DON'T USUALLY THINK OF
MUSEUM WORKERS AS BEING IN DANGER. >> OH, THEY ARE AMONG THE FIRST PEOPLE RUSSIANS COME FOR.
>> WHY? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THE COLLECTIONS. WHERE DID THEY HIDE THE
COLLECTIONS? UH, WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE COLLECTIONS? AND THE SECOND REASON IS, UH,
MUSEUM WORKERS ARE LEADERS, UH, IN THEIR COMMUNITY. >> MILENA CHORNA IS HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITS AT THE
NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM IN KYIV. SHE HELPED SET UP A MUSEUM CRISIS HOTLINE FOR WORKERS IN THE WAR ZONE TRYING TO SAVE
THEIR COLLECTIONS. THEY WERE SOON SWAMPED WITH CALLS FOR HELP: SENDING MONEY FOR RUSSIAN BRIBES, DEVISING
ESCAPE ROUTES, HIDING PAINTINGS, AND SOMETIMES JUST TO TALK. >> YOU CUT OFF ALL YOUR EMOTIONS TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN
TO HELP. PUTTING IT ALL THROUGH YOURSELF, IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT. AND AT SOME POINT, YOU REALIZE,
YEAH, THAT YOU HAVE PTSD ALREADY, ALTHOUGH YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE FOREFRONT. MILENA CHORNA TOLD US MANY
WORKERS ACTUALLY MOVED INTO THEIR MUSEUMS TO HELP GUARD THE COLLECTIONS, EVEN AS THE BOMBS FELL.
IN THE NORTH, DURING THE SIEGE OF CHERNIHIV, SHE TOLD US ABOUT ONE MUSEUM WORKER WHO MOVED IN WITH HER 8-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER.
THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY, NO WATER, NO HEAT. >> WEEKS LATER, VOLUNTEERS TRYING TO DELIVER A GENERATOR TO
THE MUSEUM WERE KILLED. >> SHE STAYED? >> SHE STAYED. SHE STAYED UNTIL THE LIBERATION,
YES. AND NOW, SHE IS IN THE ARMY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT? >> I BELIEVE AT SOME POINT, SHE
MIGHT HAVE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, UH, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. AND AT SOME POINT WE WILL ALL
HAVE TO BECOME SOLDIERS, WE MIGHT ALL HAVE TO BECOME SOLDIERS. >> UKRAINE HAS ACCUSED RUSSIA OF
LOOTING MORE THAN 30 MUSEUMS, CALLING IT THE BIGGEST ART THEFT SINCE THE NAZIS IN WORLD WAR II. IN KHERSON, RUSSIAN SOLDIERS CUT
PAINTINGS FROM FRAMES, DRAGGED OUT PRICELESS ANTIQUES, AND CLEANED OUT MORE THAN 10,000 WORKS OF ART.
EVEN SO, CHORNA TOLD US, MANY MUSEUM WORKERS WOULDN'T LEAVE. >> HOW CAN I LEAVE THESE THINGS TO BE LOOTED OR DESTROYED, IF I
KNOW IT'S THE HISTORY THAT WILL LAST FOR GENERATIONS? >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT PASSION TO ME?
>> I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WITHOUT EMOTIONS, UH, BUT, UM, UM, I THINK THAT, UM, WELL, SPEAKING OF MYSELF, UH, I
UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THE VALUE OF THESE ITEMS IT'S MUCH HIGHER THAN THE PRICE OF MY LIFE. >> HIGHER THAN THE PRICE OF YOUR
LIFE? >> YES, YES, BECAUSE THE SCOPE OF AFFECT THESE ARTIFACTS CAN HAVE ON FUTURE GENERATIONS, IT'S
UNCOMPARABLE TO THE SCOPE OF AFFECT, ME, MYSELF, A SINGLE PERSON, CAN DO FOR THE CULTURE. >> CHORNA TOLD US A TOP RUSSIAN
TARGET WAS UKRAINE'S PRICELESS SCYTHIAN GOLD COLLECTION AT THE MELITOPOL MUSEUM. MUSEUM WORKERS HASTILY HID THE
TREASURES IN CARDBOARD BOXES IN THE MUSEUM'S DANK UNFINISHED BASEMENT. WHEN THE RUSSIANS INVADED, THEY
WASTED NO TIME BEFORE HEADING TO THE MUSEUM, THREATENING TO SHOOT THE LOCKS OFF THE DOOR TO BREAK IN.
THIS CCTV FOOTAGE -- NEVER BROADCAST BEFORE -- SHOWS THE RUSSIANS HARASSING EMPLOYEES, SEARCHING THE MUSEUM, STASHING
WHAT THEY TOOK IN WHITE CLOTH SACKS. THAT MORNING, THEY LEFT WITHOUT FINDING THE GOLD.
UNDETERRED, A GROUP OF SOLDIERS TURNED UP AT THE DOOR OF MUSEUM DIRECTOR LEYLA IBRAHIMOVA AND KIDNAPPED HER.
>> THEY PUT A BAG OVER YOUR HEAD AND KIDNAPPED YOU? LEYLA IBRAHIMOVA IN UKRAINIAN -- [ ENGLISH TRANSLATION ]
I WAS VERY SCARED, SHE TOLD US. THERE WERE EIGHT OF THEM. THEY WERE WEARING BALACLAVAS AND CARRIED MACHINE GUNS.
ONE SOLDIER DID ALL THE TALKING. THEY TURNED MY HOUSE UPSIDE DOWN, THEN THEY PUT A BAG ON MY HEAD AND PUT ME IN A CAR.
IBRAHIMOVA IS IN HIDING SO WE AGREED NOT TO SHOW HER FACE. SHE TOLD US THE RUSSIANS INTERROGATED HER ABOUT THE
MUSEUM BUT SHE REFUSED TO COOPERATE. THEY LET HER GO BUT WHEN HER NAME LATER SURFACED ON A RUSSIAN
EXECUTION LIST, SHE FLED THE COUNTRY. >> LEYLA IBRAHIMOVA IN UKRAINIAN --
>> Translator: MY LIFE WAS AT RISK, SHE TOLD US, AND STAYING WOULD JEOPARDIZE MY COLLEAGUES, MY FAMILY.
I WAS AFRAID MY HUSBAND AND SON WOULD BE SEARCHED AGAIN. >> IN THE END, THE RUSSIANS FOUND THE GOLD: 198 ANCIENT GOLD
ARTIFACTS WORTH UNTOLD MILLIONS. THE RUSSIANS' PLUNDER HAS ALL THE EARMARKS OF A WAR CRIME, ACCORDING TO VITALIY TYTYCH, A
CRIMINAL LAWYER OF 30 YEARS. >> WHAT TELLS YOU THAT THIS WAS DELIBERATE? >> HE LEADS A NEW UNIT OF THE
UKRAINIAN MILITARY INVESTIGATING RUSSIA'S TARGETING OF HERITAGE SITES. INTENTIONALLY LOOTING OR
DESTROYING CULTURAL PROPERTY DURING A WAR IS A CRIME. BUT TYTYCH TOLD US, THE RUSSIANS HAVE FLIPPED THE LAW ON ITS
HEAD. >> Translator: THE RUSSIANS KEEP SAYING THEY'RE EVACUATING THESE ARTIFACTS TO SAFEGUARD THEM
DURING THE FIGHTING, HE TOLD US, AND THEY WILL RETURN THEM WHEN THE WAR IS OVER. THAT IS A LIE AND WE ARE READY
TO PROVE IT. >> BUT TYTYCH TOLD US HE'S UNDER NO ILLUSIONS. THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN TWO
CONVICTIONS FOR CULTURAL WAR CRIMES SINCE THE LAW WAS PASSED IN 1954. >> SO UKRAINE WANTS TO PROSECUTE
RUSSIA FOR WAR CRIMES. HOW LIKELY DO YOU THINK THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE PROSECUTED? >> Translator: I'M WORRIED, HE
TOLD US. THE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES TO PREVENT WAR CRIMES HAVE NOT PROVEN EFFECTIVE.
NOR, HE SAID, HAS THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, BUT THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT. >> OKAY, LET'S GO IN.
>> IN THE VILLAGE OF LUKASHIVKA, OUTSIDE CHERNIHIV, MUSEUM DIRECTOR IHOR POSHYVAILO SHOWED US WHAT WAS LEFT AFTER THE
RUSSIANS SET UP A BASE CAMP INSIDE THIS CHURCH, A PROTECTED ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT. >> THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING.
>> IN THE BATTLE TO FORCE THE RUSSIANS OUT, A MASSIVE FIRE DEMOLISHED THE CHURCH'S HISTORIC FRESCOS.
>> HERE'S ALSO YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE THE PLASTER FROM THE WALL. >> YOU STILL HAVE THE CROSS
HERE. >> YEAH, SO THE CHURCH ITSELF HAD SO MANY LAYERS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE BUT EVERYTHING IS
LOST NOW. >> IN THE NAVE... >> LOOK AT THIS. THIS WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT.
POSHYVAILO TOLD US THIS WAR IS ABOUT MORE THAN LAND. >> THIS IS A WAR AGAINST OUR HISTORICAL MEMORY, AGAINST OUR
BEING UKRAINIAN. >> YOU SAID BEFORE AGAINST YOUR SOUL. >> AGAINST, EXACTLY, AGAINST OUR
SOUL, AGAINST EVERYTHING WHICH MAKES US UKRAINIANS DIFFERENT FROM RUSSIA. AND THIS WAR HAS SIGNS OF BEING
A GENOCIDE WAR AGAINST UKRAINIAN NATION. >> GENOCIDE? YOU CONSIDER THIS GENOCIDE?
>> YES. BECAUSE IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO TOTALLY DESTROY UKRAINE AND UKRAINIAN NATION.
>> BUT IT WILL NEVER WORK, POSHYVAILO TOLD US. THE MORE THE RUSSIANS ATTACK, THE MORE RESILIENT UKRAINIANS
BECOME. WE SAW PROOF OF THAT AT THE HOLY DORMITION CATHEDRAL IN KYIV. A 3D LASER SCANNER WAS
METICULOUSLY CAPTURING EVERY ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL SO THAT IF DISASTER STRIKES, THE CHURCH CAN BE REBUILT.
IT'S WORK THAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SAVING THE CULTURAL SOUL OF UKRAINE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
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>>> THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS WINDING DOWN ONE OF ITS BIGGEST HORSE DOPING INVESTIGATIONS IN U.S. HISTORY.
TONIGHT, YOU'LL HEAR THE INCRIMINATING WIRETAPS THAT HELPED CRACK THE CASE, CONVICTING 29 VETERINARIANS,
HORSE TRAINERS AND DRUG DISTRIBUTORS. HORSE RACING, KNOWN AS THE SPORT OF KINGS, FOUND ITS CROWN BADLY
TARNISHED LAST SPRING WHEN A DOZEN HORSES DIED DURING THE WEEKS SURROUNDING THE KENTUCKY DERBY.
AND JUST DAYS AGO IN CALIFORNIA, TWO HORSES DIED BEFORE THE BREEDERS' CUP. HORSE RACING HAS REACHED ITS
MOMENT OF RECKONING, AND WE WANTED TO KNOW: CAN THE SPORT REALLY BE REFORMED? OR IS IT TOO LATE?
>> AND HERE'S ONE FURLONG TO RUN! >> IT WAS A SWEET FINISH TO THIS YEAR'S KENTUCKY DERBY.
>> MAGE HAS TAKEN THE LEAD HERE! >> A STEALTH NEWCOMER NAMED MAGE DEFYING 15 TO ONE ODDS TO WIN THE RACE.
>> MAGE HAS DONE IT! >> BUT THE CELEBRATION AT CHURCHILL DOWNS CAPPED OFF A STARTLING RUN UP TO THE RACE.
FIVE HORSES WERE SCRATCHED INCLUDING THE FAVORITE, FORTE. AND THEN THERE WAS THE DEATH TOLL: A DOZEN AT THE HEIGHT OF
THIS YEAR'S SEASON, LEADING THE TRACK TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND RACING. INVESTIGATORS WERE UNABLE TO
FIND A SINGULAR EXPLANATION FOR THEIR FATALITIES. TAKE CHARGE BRIANA INJURED HER FRONT LEG AND WAS EUTHANIZED.
LOST IN LIMBO HURT HIS LEG, COLLAPSED ON THE TRACK AND WAS LATER PUT DOWN. THEN IN MARYLAND, ON THE DAY OF
THE PREAKNESS STAKES, THIS HORSE NAMED HAVNAMELTDOWN THREW OFF HIS JOCKEY AFTER INJURING HIS FRONT LEG AND ALSO HAD TO BE
EUTHANIZED. >> Announcer: HAVNAMELTDOWN LOST THE RIDER -- >> IN JUNE, WE SPOKE WITH THE
WOMAN NEWLY CHARGED WITH TRYING TO MAKE THE SPORT SAFER: LISA LAZARUS, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HISA -- THE
HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY. >> PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN YOUR WORLD SEE THIS HEADLINE OF MORE
THAN A DOZEN DEAD HORSES AND THEY THINK, "WHAT IS GOING ON IN THAT INDUSTRY?" >> AND MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS
HISA IS HERE NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS IT. >> LAZARUS WAS LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE INTERNATIONAL GOVERNING BODY
OF EQUESTRIAN SPORTS AND SPENT HER CHILDHOOD GOING TO THE RACETRACK WITH HER FATHER. SHE JOINED HISA LAST YEAR AFTER
IT WAS CREATED BY CONGRESS -- THE MOST SWEEPING EFFORT YET TO CLEAN UP THE SPORT WHICH FOR YEARS HAS GRAPPLED WITH DRUGS
AND CREATING. >> THERE'S CLEARLY A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. AND NOW WE'VE GOT SOME TOOLS TO
FIGHT IT. AND SO WE REALLY OWE IT TO THOSE TRAINERS WHO HAVE SPENT THEIR LIVES IN THIS -- IN THIS SPORT
AND WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, WHO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF INTEGRITY TO GET RID OF THOSE THAT ARE REALLY TARNISHING THE
SPORT. >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE RACES OF THE YEAR IN THIS COUNTRY.
DO YOU THINK DRUGS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THESE DEATHS? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
NOW THAT WE HAVE OVERSIGHT OVER -- OVER ALL OF IT, I FEEL A LOT MORE CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO OUR JOB.
>> JUST DAYS AFTER WE MET LAZARUS AT BELMONT PARK IN NEW YORK, TWO MORE HORSES DIED AT THAT VERY TRACK AFTER INJURING
THEIR LEGS. THE DEATHS HAVE ADDED TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT -- AND WHETHER HISA
CAN IMPROVE SAFETY AND STAY AHEAD OF CORRUPT TRAINERS AND VETERINARIANS WHO HAVE TAKEN EXTRAORDINARY STEPS TO OUTSMART
REGULATORS. >> HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM IS DOPING IN HORSE RACING? >> IT'S A BIG PROBLEM, IT
STRIKES AT THE INTEGRITY OF THIS -- OF THE SPORT. IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE HORSES. UH, THERE'S JUST NOTHING ABOUT
IT THAT IS ACCEPTABLE. >> STUART JANNEY IS A MAN WHOSE PEDIGREE IS LEGENDARY IN THE HORSE RACING WORLD.
HIS FAMILY ONCE OWNED THE CHAMPION THOROUGHBRED SEABISCUIT. AS CHAIRMAN OF THE JOCKEY
CLUB -- AN ORGANIZATION THAT REGISTERS THOROUGHBREDS -- JANNEY TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS IN 2018 AND CALLED FOR
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL ANTIDOPING PROGRAM. >> STUART JANNEY TESTIMONY: THIS ISSUE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO
THE THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY AND ESPECIALLY TO THE JOCKEY CLUB, WHICH HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR MEDICATION REFORM IN OUR SPORT
FOR DECADES. >> IN A WORD, COULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HORSE RACING REGULATION HAS BEEN LIKE IN THE LAST 50 YEARS?
>> A FAILURE. AND INCREASINGLY SO. >> IT'S GOTTEN WORSE? >> IT'S GOTTEN WORSE.
AND QUITE FRANKLY STATES HAVE NOT DONE THEIR JOB. >> FOR DECADES, THE SPORT WAS ENTIRELY OVERSEEN BY STATE
RACING COMMISSIONS THAT STRUGGLED TO STOP REPEAT DRUG VIOLATIONS, NOTABLY BY THE SPORT'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE
TRAINER BOB BAFFERT. >> BAFFERT HAS BEEN CITED FOR DOZENS OF DRUG VIOLATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH SOME OF HIS
HORSES OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES. HE WAS SUSPENDED BY CHURCHILL DOWNS IN 2021 AFTER HIS HORSE
MEDINA SPIRIT WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY BUT WAS LATER DISQUALIFIED AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR A BANNED SUBSTANCE.
>> I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS AS INSTITUTIONALIZED AS CORRUPTION HAS BEEN, I DON'T
KNOW HOW YOU CLEAN THAT UP. >> WELL, I THINK YOU PUT PEOPLE AWAY. YOU -- YOU SEND THEM OUT OF THE
SPORT. AND SOME OF THEM GO TO JAIL. >> IN MARCH OF 2020, A SET OF SWEEPING FEDERAL INDICTMENTS
LAID OUT THE EXTENT OF THE CORRUPTION, WITH DOPING AND ANIMAL CRUELTY ON FULL DISPLAY AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE
SPORT. >> THESE ANIMALS WERE INJECTED AND FORCE-FED ALL MANNER OF ILLEGAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS.
>> ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENTS, VETERINARIANS AND TRAINERS PLOTTED TO GIVE HORSES BANNED SUBSTANCES THEY CALLED "MONKEY"
AND "RED ACID" TO MAKE THEM RUN FASTER -- INCLUDING THE SAME KIND OF BLOOD BUILDERS CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG TOOK.
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY ALSO USED PAINKILLERS, INCLUDING SNAKE VENOM, THAT DEADENED NERVES SO THE HORSES COULD RUN THROUGH
INJURIES. THE FBI SAID IT LED TO BROKEN LEGS, CARDIAC ISSUES, AND IN SOME CASES DEATH.
>>>> WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO THE HORSES, AMOUNTED TO NOTHING LESS THAN ABUSE. >> USING A TROVE OF WIRETAPS,
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CHARGED 33 VETERINARIANS, TRAINERS AND DRUG DISTRIBUTORS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE
BUSINESS, LIKE JASON SERVIS WHO TRAINED MAXIMUM SECURITY, THE FIRST-PLACE FINISHER AT THE 2019 KENTUCKY DERBY BEFORE THE HORSE
WAS DISQUALIFIED FOR INTERFERENCE BY DRIFTING OUTSIDE THE LANE. PROSECUTORS ALSO CHARGED
TOP-EARNING TRAINER JORGE NAVARRO, HEARD ON THIS EXPLETIVE FILLED WIRETAP BRAGGING TO ANOTHER TRAINER
ABOUT HOW THE DRUGS MADE THIS HORSE RUN FASTER. >> JORGE NAVARRO RECORDED: I [ BLEEP ] GAVE IT TO THIS
HORSE -- THIS [ BLEEP ] GALLOPED -- GALLOPED! >> OKAY. >> YES.
>> AMINO ACID. >> YEAH, SOME AMINO ACID INJECTABLE. SMALL BOTTLE.
>> NAVARRO'S REPUTATION FOR DOPING HORSES WAS SUCH AN OPEN SECRET PROSECUTORS SAY HE WENT BY THE NICKNAME "THE JUICE MAN"
AND WORE IT ON HIS SHOES LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR. >> THE JUICE MAN! >> THAT'S HIM ON THE RIGHT IN
THE DARK SHIRT. >> THAT'S THE JUICE! >> THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT! >> THAT'S THE VEGETABLE JUICE!
>> NAVARRO ADMINISTERED BANNED DRUGS TO ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS HORSES X Y JET AHEAD OF A RACE IN DUBAI WHERE THE HORSE WON A
MILLION AND A HALF DOLLAR PRIZE. ACCORDING TO THE INDICTMENT, NAVARRO SAID, "I GAVE IT TO HIM THROUGH 50 INJECTIONS.
I GAVE IT TO HIM THROUGH THE MOUTH." THE FOLLOWING YEAR, NAVARRO ANNOUNCED THAT X Y JET DIED FROM
A HEART ATTACK. IT STOOD OUT TO SHAUN RICHARDS, THE LEAD FBI AGENT ON THE CASE. >> IN THOSE WIRETAPS YOU HEAR
NAVARRO TELLING ANOTHER TRAINER HOW CLOSE HE CAME TO GETTING BUSTED. HE SAYS HE WOULD'VE BEEN CAUGHT,
QUOTE, "PUMPING AND PUMPING AND FUMING" EVERY HORSE THAT RAN THAT DAY. YOU HEAR THAT AND YOU THINK
WHAT? >> WE'RE RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE. YOU KNOW WE HAVE A REALLY,
REALLY GOOD SUBJECT IDENTIFIED, AND WE'RE GETTING FANTASTIC EVIDENCE. >> HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD ON A
HORSE FARM AND HIS CAREER BUSTING RUSSIAN MOBSTERS. BOTH PROVED INVALUABLE IN INFILTRATING THE DARK SIDE OF
THE HORSE RACING WORLD. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR AGENT RICHARDS TO FIGURE OUT THAT VETS AND DRUG DISTRIBUTORS WERE
CONSTANTLY FINDING WAYS TO OUTSMART THE TESTING SYSTEM. >> THEY WOULD CHANGE ONE MOLECULE IN THAT SEQUENCE.
AND NOW, EVEN IF THEY HAD A TEST, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE LATEST TEST FOR THAT SUBSTANCE, THEY'LL NEVER FIND IT.
>> SO AN INVESTIGATOR COMES IN WITH A TEST LOOKING FOR THIS DRUG. THEY TWEAK IT BY A MOLECULE HERE
OR THERE. >> NOW YOUR TEST IS NO GOOD. IF IT'S NOT TESTABLE, THEY CAN'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR IT.
>> THIS GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE THAT THEY'RE PLAYING TO STAY AHEAD OF INVESTIGATORS IS HOW DANGEROUS TO THE HORSES BEING
INJECTED? >> IT'S TERRIBLE. Y -- YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THOSE SUBSTANCES.
>> MUCH OF THE EVIDENCE IN THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN WITH ONE MAN'S GUT FEELING. NEW YORK COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
MAGNATE JEFF GURAL IS AN OWNER OF MEADOWLANDS RACETRACK IN NEW JERSEY -- THE BIGGEST VENUE IN THE COUNTRY FOR HARNESSING
RACING, A NICHE BETTING SPORT WHERE HORSES PULL DRIVERS IN CARTS. >> WHAT HAD YOU SEEN THAT MADE
YOU SUSPICIOUS THAT DRUGS WERE THAT RAMPANT? >> YOU WOULD SEE HORSES THAT WERE GOING A CERTAIN SPEED, AND
THEN THE NEW TRAINER WOULD TAKE OVER, AND THE NEXT WEEK THE HORSE WOULD BE TWO SECONDS FASTER.
>> AND IN THAT, IN YOUR OPINION, IS A GIANT RED FLAG? >> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. >> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE?
>> IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A HORSE -- TO GO TWO SECONDS FASTER. AND YOU WOULD SEE IT
CONSISTENTLY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK DROVE THESE GUYS? >> GREED.
THE SAME THING THAT DRIVES EVERYBODY. >> SO GURAL OUTRIGHT BANNED TRAINERS HE SUSPECTED OF
DOPING -- AND HIRED RETIRED STATE POLICE OFFICER BRICE COTE TO CONDUCT SURPRISE BLOOD AND URINE TESTS.
>> IF YOU WANTED TO RACE HERE, YOU HAD TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT THAT SAID THAT WE CAN SHOW UP AT ANY TIME AND ASK YOUR
VETERINARIAN TO SUPPLY US WITH A DRUG SAMPLE. AND WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT WITH IT.
>> UNANNOUNCED TESTING. >> UNANNOUNCED, THAT'S THE KEY. JUST LIKE BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL. >> AND WHAT WERE THE RESULTS?
>> MOST OF THE SAMPLES CAME BACK NEGATIVE, BUT SOME CAME BACK FOR DRUGS THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT. >> GURAL THEN HIRED THE
INVESTIGATIVE FIRM FIVE STONES. >> FIVE STONES INTELLIGENCE FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS. >> STUART JANNEY AND THE JOCKEY
CLUB HAD ALSO HIRED FIVE STONES, WHICH HAD WORKED FOR THE WORLD ANTIDOPING AGENCY'S INDEPENDENT COMMISSION INVESTIGATING RUSSIAN
DOPING IN TRACK AND FIELD. >> DID YOU GIVE THEM ANY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS IN TERMS OF WHO THEY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT
GO AFTER? >> YES. I SAID, "I'M NOT INTERESTED IN YOU GOING AND FINDING A
RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT PERSON WORKING IN SOMEBODY'S BARN THAT HAS MADE A BET THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE OR DONE SOMETHING
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IMMATERIAL TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT." >> YOU WANTED BIG FISH. >> I WANT YOU TO GO AFTER THE
IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT I THINK ARE CORRUPTING THE SPORT. >> JANNEY GOT WHAT WE WANTED. >> FIVE STONES PASSED ITS LEADS
TO THE FBI'S SHAUN RICHARDS, WHO GATHERED A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE INCLUDING THIS WIRETAP WHERE, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS,
TRAINERS JASON SERVIS AND JORGE NAVARRO ARE HEARD STRESSING JUST HOW BAD IT WOULD BE IF THEY GOT CAUGHT WITH ILLICIT DRUGS.
>> WE CAN'T DO IT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT, WE GOT TO DO IT LIKE -- >> I KNOW, I'LL KEEP IT AT MY --
I'LL KEEP -- I'LL KEEP IT IN MY CAR, I AIN'T WORRIED ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT ABOUT -- WHAT A -- I AM -- I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE
THAT [ BLEEP ] -- WE ARE DEAD, WE'RE DEAD. >> AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS WIRETAP CAPTURED TRAINER NICK
SURICK TALKING ABOUT COVERING UP FOR NAVARRO. >> NICK SURICK [ RECORDED ]
"YOU KNOW HOW MANY [ BLEEP ] HORSES HE [ BLEEP ] KILLED AND BROKE DOWN THAT I MADE THEM DISAPPEAR?
>> THE FBI FOUND HUNDREDS OF VIALS LINKED TO VETERINARIAN SETH FISHMAN, HEARD IN ANOTHER WIRETAP BOASTING ABOUT HIS
DRUGS. >> I'M MOSTLY LOOKING TO -- AH -- FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCING. >> WELL, THERE'S ALL LEVELS, I
MEAN, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN SPEAK IN PERSON, YOU CAN GO WITH SOMETHING FOR PAIN OR YOU CAN DO SOMETHING TO INCREASE BLOOD, I
MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY OPTIONS, YOU KNOW. >> YOU'RE A HORSE GUY. >> MM-HMM.
>> WHERE ELSE DOES THAT SIT WITH YOU? >> IT'S COMPLETELY WRONG. TO PUMP THESE HORSES FULL OF
STUFF THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THEM FOR, YOU KNOW, A POTENTIAL CHANCE TO WIN AT A HIGHER RATE, IT'S DISGUSTING
BEHAVIOR. >> SETH FISHMAN WAS SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON. THE JUICE MAN, JORGE NAVARRO,
AND NICK SURICK WERE SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS AND, THIS PAST JULY, JASON SERVIS TO FOUR -- ALL FOUR DOPING-RELATED CRIMES.
>> HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO CLEAN THIS UP? >> IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE YEARS TO BE -- TO BE TRULY CONFIDENT THAT
WE'VE GOT A FULLY CLEAN SPORT. >> SINCE HISA'S ANTIDOPING PROGRAM OPENED ITS DOORS IN MAY, 33 TRAINERS IN THE UNITED STATES
HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR BANNED SUBSTANCES. THIS PAST SUMMER, AT THE SARATOGA RACE COURSE IN NEW
YORK, 13 MORE HORSES DIED. THOSE DEATHS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>>> THE LAST MINUTE OF "60 MINUTES" IS SPONSORED BY UNITED HEALTH CARE. THERE FOR WHAT MATTERS.
>>> NOW, AN UPDATE ON A STORY WE REPORTED TWO WEEKS AGO. "A QUIET INVASION" TOLD HOW THE SMALL COUNTRY OF GEORGIA,
CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM RUSSIA, WHICH ALREADY OCCUPIES 20% OF THE FORMER SOVIET
REPUBLIC'S LAND. GEORGIA'S PRESIDENT, SALOME ZOURABICHVILI TOLD OUR SHARYN ALFONSI THAT HER COUNTRY
NEEDS STRONGER WESTERN SUPPORT IN ITS EFFORT TO JOIN THE EUROPEAN UNION. >> WHAT HAPPENS TO GEORGIA IF
THE E.U. DENIES THE BID? >> IT WILL BE A BIG VICTORY FOR RUSSIA. >> THIS PAST WEDNESDAY WAS A BIG
VICTORY FOR GEORGIA. THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED GEORGIA AS A CANDIDATE FOR E.U. MEMBERSHIP.
THE NEXT STEP IS MEETING A LIST OF REFORMS AND CONDITIONS THAT WILL QUALIFY IT FOR "ACCESSION" -- FULL MEMBERSHIP.
I'M CECILIA VEGA. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT WEEK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF "60 MINUTES."