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ABSCAM — Part 3

76 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: ABSCAM · 76 pages OCR'd
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i of Investigation probe into the information was - improp~ sey leaked before . tes ‘some Cornmentators seem “more at fault than the “Abscai is only one of some: 50 operations undertaken by the {bureau in‘an effort to disrupt. “the criminal conspiracy that : "has operated in this country * © since the early 1936s.” § labor, an investigation aimed” « at exposing’a connection be- , tween. organized crime and . organized labor, might becom of ., the biggest single ant mob, *- regional crime empires, Sn Miporn, a 2'4-year operation came to light on Feb. 14. the indictment of 54 persons on charges of “pornographic trafficking ‘and film pirating. :- ‘hat investigation involved 400 FBI agents in 10 states, It was, financed partly by the motion: picture industry because that er words — We can Lf See es aad ae ‘were popular, : ‘understood that ‘was wrong td. gainan ee recta | | and"; partly | as a - means of-! Jaundering Tevenue . derived * trolled operations has increas- of | the huge ‘sums of ‘money Jelees, police officers; cutors and other public official _” has also increased. In some of: | the white-collar crimes that the * FBI is” digging into, | demarcation line between right i ‘ong is not always Clear, i and, tween an and \ wrong when a 2 j payoff is involyed,, The FBI was wel Said) ~ goals. From this point on ihe fé af ju will be the target ‘of organized. crime, © speaking ' _..through. the. persons -of sup- 4 “posedly respectable public # offi Organized. crime can: spend ‘Tmountains of attempt to bribe, those who will 5 "witnesses and the public
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