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“, i” se “Lae ee es see Ree eee ee eA ee GRIMINAL | ~~ INVESTIGATIO Organized Crime As part of its quality approach to investiga- tive matters, the FBI recorded a number of signif- icant achievements in the fight against organized crime during Fiscal 1975, with investigations resulting in more than 1,400 convictions of hood- lum, gambling and vice figures. Among those convicted or incarcerated in recent months as a tesult of FBI efforts were top-ranking Syndicate officials in New York City, Detroit, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Los Angeles. In addition, ap- proximately 1,900 other organized crime subjects, including three nationa)] Syndicate leaders, were in various stages of prosecution as the fiscal year ended, Recoveries and confiscations in FBI organized crime cases exceeded $5 million during the fiscal year. The following are some of the highlights of these accomplishments: ~The seizure of more than $400,000 worth of cash, weapons, jewelry and stolen property dur- ing 4 joint raid by the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration agents, and local police on the residence of a notorious New Jersey underworld figure on September 25, 1974. ~The convictions + between November, 1974, and June, 1975, — of two former Pennsylvania state officials and a Pennsylvania state senator on Federal charges involving *'kickback‘’ pay- ments tied to master-fleet insurance and office- space rental. ; -The arrest, on March 20, 1975, of Syndicate *‘captain’’ Salvatore Pieri for violation of his Federal] parole, based on information developed by an FBI Agent acting in an undercover capacity in the Buffalo, New York, area. —The conviction in Los Angeles on April 9, 1975, of three ranking Syndicate officials (Dom- inic Brooklier, Sam Sciortino, and Peter Milano) and two associates for extorting “‘protection’’ money from West Coast bookmakers and business- men. Sentences in the case ranged from to four years. -Sentenced on April 14, 1975, to prison terms on Federal gambling chai Anthony Giardano, head of the Syndic. ‘Louis, and two Syndicate “caprsins’’ troit, Anthony Zerilli and Michdel Poli: convicted and fined $10,000 in the same the Emprise, Corporation, which has scribed as the country’s largest sport: sionaire, —The conviction on May 14, 1975, c City Syndicate chieftain Nick Civella associates on Federal gambling charge: the 1970 murder of one of the Governn. witnesses. CONVICTIONS IN FBI Ci 15,800 15,600 15,400 15,200 15,000 14,800 14,600 14,400 14,200 14,000 13,860 13,600 43,400 13,200 : 971 1972