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Article: INJUNCTION ON RACKETEERING U.S. SUES TO BREAK UP MOB FAMILY.(Local)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- August 27, 1987
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Byline: Edward Frost Associated Press
Federal prosecutors trying to break up the Bonanno crime family said Wednesday that they have filed a unique civil racketeering suit designed to keep its members from doing businesses together and bar it from taking in new recruits.
The suit outlines 196 crimes, including attempted murder, gambling, narcotics trafficking, loan sharking and labor racketeering, allegedly committed by those named as defendants.
But rather than charging the crimes, prosecutors for the first time are using them as a base to try to remove the profits from the family's empire, break up its businesses and prevent any future ...
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