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"In 1988, despite powerful Congressional opposition, U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering (RICO) suit against the leaders of the behemoth International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and more than two dozen Cosa Nostra (LCN) leaders. Intending to land a fatal blow to the mafia, Giuliani asserted that the union and organized-crime defendants had formed a devil's pact. He charged the IBT leaders with allowing their organized-crime cronies to use the union as a profit center in exchange for the mobsters' political support and a share of the spoils of corruption. On…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2013New York University Press · 320 pages · 9781479883875
- Other · English · 2011NYU Press · 310 pages · 9780814743089
LAW / Criminal Law / GeneralTrials, litigationCorrupt practicesUnited StatesUnited States. Dept. of JusticeMafia trialsLabor unionsOrganized crime investigation