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‘. _ (porrect: ASanarocs SPRINGS RACTNG uEETS Ne i) b a - te Doring the season just ended Saratoga wasn't: "wide open" to gambling as in | ‘Mafia (Unione Sicilione) is an orgenization of Italians who are and stated that their headquarters is Tampa, Florida. Office kv . ° UNIT VERNMENT— veP ee | ORD FORM NO. 64 : 3 Director, FBI pate: October 11, 1950 1950 SEASON Cd The following is the report of SA who was . igned to cov the general. criminal situation in Saratoga Springs, New York ‘during the 19 racing meets held in that rescrt area. It is also & report on the coverage of confidence men activities effective through a . previous years and us « result there Bppeared to Le oa decrease in the nunber - of confidence men, jewel thiefs » burglars end hold-up men who gathered there formerly. As ORGANIZED GANGS. There are no criminal organizations presently active in Saratoga Springs, New York, or the nearby Norther New York resort area, that can be regarded as & gang or a mob. . (1) National Criminal Syndicate, Aka, Eastern Criminal dicate , “ae yo-Ts77 hn No information was learned indicg#the that any members of the so-called “ee National Syndicate of FRANK COSTELLO, JOE ADONIS, MYER LANSKY, ==, ET AL, visited Saratoga Springs during the past season.. . Concerning this alleged organisation Confidential Informant T-1, of ques~- tionatle reliability, advised that there is a control in the Syndicate beyond ato » WED and the others. He stated that they are dominated by the Italian underworld, which he claimed is the strongest faction in the country at the present time. The informant said that The £L the real power