Exam 13: Organized Crime in Labor, Business, and Money Laundering

hich of the following elements is typically found in pension fraud schemes?

Discuss business racketeering in New York's garment industry.

How does money laundering serve the interests of organized crime?

ntil 1992, ____________ multimillionaire sons exercised control over garment-center trucking.

he 1975-1979 UNIRAC investigation revealed that ports along the East coast from __________ to __________ had been divided between the Genovese and Gambino Families.

he _________ is the largest labor union in the United States, representing more than 1.4 million truckers, delivery drivers, warehouse workers, flight attendants, and other workers.

he penetration of organized crime into legitimate business is the equivalent of the legitimation of 18ᵗʰ and 19ᵗʰ century family fortunes by the _____________.

Hoffa's Teamster legacy includes his connection to the looting of the IBT pension fund.

n what year did Hoffa officially "disappear?"

In Chicago, the Laborers' Union has always had close ties to ________.

What are chops and the system of hawala used for? How are they similar?

Abadinsky says that Louis ("Lepke") Buchalter revolutionized labor racketeering. Tell the main features of what he did that was revolutionary.

("Lepke") Buchalter and Jacob ("Gurrah") Shapiro were two leading members of Benjamin ("Dopey") ____________ labor union "muscle" organization.

Sometimes, organized crime members may have an oversupply of illegally derived funds that cannot be profitably used to expand their illegal activities.

Organized crime can play a crucial role in limiting competition in the construction industry by enforcing a system of___________ bidding.

The _____________ is the largest labor union in the United States.

offa was released from prison after ________ approved his application for executive clemency.

Anderson provides six reasons for organized criminal involvement in legitimate business. ist and discuss those reasons.

EREIU Local 54 in New Jersey has about 22,000 members, most of them employed in the Atlantic City casino business. he local has been controlled by the Philadelphia crime Family once headed by:

Discuss the private collection of solid waste in New York City as an example of organized crime as predator, imposing itself on the business.