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The upperworld and the underworld : case studies of racketeering and business infiltrations in the United States / Robert J. Kelly.
Author
Kelly, Robert J., 1938-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, c1999.
Description
xvii, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
Racketeering
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United States
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Case studies
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Organized crime
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United States
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Case studies
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Business enterprises
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Corrupt practices
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United States
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Case studies
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Series
Criminal justice and public safety
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: Organized Crime Penetrations of Legitimate Businesses 9
Models and Images of Organized Crime 11
The Assets and Resources of Organized Crime Groups 16
Racketeering in Legitimate Businesses 21
Strategies of Infiltration into the Legitimate Sectors 23
Dangerous Intersections: Organized Crime and Legitimate Business 25
Organized Crime in Russia and Chicago: Survival of the Fittest 31
Mafia and Repressive Stability in the South of Italy 34
Power Politics and Organized Crime 39
Chapter 2 The Infiltration of Organized Criminal Groups into U.S. Trade Unions 47
The Early Days 47
Labor Organizes 48
Mafia 52
The McClellan Committee 53
The New Mob 56
25 Years after Valachi 57
The President's Commission on Organized Crime 59
Unions, Gangsters, and Employers in Retrospect 60
Consent Decrees and Trusteeships: Law Enforcement Responses 62
The Teamsters 63
Philadelphia Roofers Union, Local 30/30B 63
Teamster Local 560 63
The Scope of Labor Racketeering 64
The Needle Trades 64
The Mine Workers: A Case of Corporate Gangsterism 66
Hollywood and Hoodlums 66
Chapter 3 Master Builders, Master Criminals: Corruption and Racketeering in the Construction Industry 73
The Construction Industry in New York City 76
Classification of Construction 76
High-Rise, High-Cost Construction 77
The "Achilles Heel" in the Construction Industry: A Catalogue of Crime 78
A Fit of Absent-Mindedness: Criminal Go-Betweens in Historical Perspective 80
Extortion 81
Bribery 82
Theft 83
Frauds 83
Performance Bond Fraud 85
Collusive Bidding and Bid Rigging 85
Racketeering and Corruption Implications 86
Racketeering Susceptibility 87
The Labor Market 88
Collective Bargaining 88
Competitive and Fragmented Economic Environment 89
Cost of Delays 90
Racketeering Potential 91
The Indispensable Men: Racketeers at Large and at Work 95
Chapter 4 The Last Waterfront: The Fulton Fish Market and the ILA as Family Businesses 105
Project "Underworld" 107
Postwar Period and Revitalization 109
Waterfront Racketeering: The ILA and Criminal Collusions 111
Chapter 5 The Pizza Connection: Selling Dough and Dope 119
The Heroin Pipeline 120
The Legitimate Business as a "Front" 122
The Networks 123
The Investigation 124
The Prosecution 125
The Verdict 126
The Politics and Economics of Drugs 128
Chapter 6 Dirty Dollars: The Carting and Waste Disposal Industries 135
Environmental Protection and Organized Crime: Problems and Prospects 145
Controlling Waste Disposal 147
New York City and the Garbage Cartel 148
Chapter 7 Other Crimes, Other Criminals: Racketeering in Chinatown and Brighton Beach 157
Chinatown 158
The Tongs and Organized Crime 158
The "Hatchet Men" 163
Triads, or the White Lotus Society Reincarnated 168
The Chinese Underworld Today 170
Tong and Gang Relationships with Police 172
Extortion in Chinatown 172
Brighton Beach: Little Odessa by the Sea 173
Gasoline Bootlegging 177
The "Daisy Chain" and the "Burn" 178
The Mafia and the Mafiya 179
Polluted Petroleum 180
Chapter 8 Criminal Opportunities in Legitimate Businesses: Control Policy Issues 187
Organized Crime as a Spectacle 195
Tactics and Strategies 195
The Maneuvers of Money Laundering 196
Infiltrating Legitimate Businesses 197
The Role of Intelligence 200
The Tools of Analytical Intelligence 202
Telephone Record Analysis (TRA) 202
Association Analysis (AA) 202
Net Worth Analysis (NWA) 204
Business Record Analysis (BRA) 205
Threat Assessment (TA) 205
Traditional and Nontraditional Organized Crime Groups 206
Prosecutorial Efforts Against Organized Crime Infiltrations 207
Role of Crime Commissions and Hearings as a Control Mechanism 209
The Witness Security Program (WSP) 210
Cooperation and Coordination among Law Enforcement Agencies 211
Blacklisting Public Contractors as an Anticorruption and Racketeering Strategy 214
The Future of Organized Crime 220
The Troika of Organized Crime 227
Business Vulnerabilities 230
Racketeering Enterprises and Domination 232
Public and Private Partnerships 235
Regulation 237.
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ISBN
0306459698
LCCN
^^^98047606^
OCLC
40126982
RCP
H - S
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