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Mafia Monograph — Part 4
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were not accepted as Maflost but ar traffickers to whom the Mafia could sell
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20 Mafiosi are consummate racketeers, showing great ability in extorting
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f¥oney from these engaged in elther leeitimate or iNegitimate enterprises by
$weans of threats of bodily harm or destruction of property. An example of their
parasitic actions at the expense of honest, hard-working individuals is the case
9 a laundry "shakedown" which has persisted for 25 years.
a In Brooklyn, the Brunswick Laundry Service Corporation was formed
‘bout 1927 by four men of Italian ancestry. Two of the original four founders
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tave stated that In the early 1930's, one of their trucks was stolen, Shortly
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4terward, the manager was approached by Joseph Bonanno regarding the
itoten truck. Ponanno, a Sicilian bv birth, attended the 1957 Apalachin, New
ifort meeting of hoodlums and has been identified as a current Mafia leader
iis the United States. (109-42303-282)
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ig Bonanno told the manager he could secure the recovery of the truck.
after doing so, he informed the manager that for #25 9 week, he would
guarantee that no more trucks would he stolen. The other stockholders
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