Word: mafia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nation's banks have never been more prosperous, but their very prosperity has created some problems. Some shady elements have been attracted by the prospects of fast money, and even the Mafia and Murder Inc. have been tied to some bank difficulties. A few banks, unable to resist the lure of business on every side, have overextended themselves and met with woe. Eight banks were shut by state or federal authorities in 1964 and another four have failed this year-more than in any comparable period since the Depression...
...Received, from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, a report on organized crime and illicit drug traffic in the U.S. It urged that Congress consider legalizing wiretapping, make it a crime to belong to organizations such as the Mafia, set up a national crime commission to investi gate crime and act as a clearinghouse for crime-fighting intelligence...
...story that the executive assistant to the Minister of Immigration, two aides to Justice Minister Guy Favreau, and Pearson's own parliamentary secretary had approached him in an extradition case. The man under extradition proceedings was a Montreal racketeer wanted in the U.S. for trial on charges of Mafia-linked narcotics smuggling. The lawyer, who was working for the U.S. Justice Department, accused the immigration aide of offering a $20,000 bribe and the others of pressuring him to agree to let the racketeer get out of jail on bail...
...Larry O'Brien and Kenny O'Donnell, the last of Kennedy's Irish Mafia, served Lyndon loyally and effectively during the campaign but have quitting on their minds...
MAFIOSO. Director Alberto Lattuada fills in the background with some gloriously garlicky slices of provincial Sicilian life, while Comedian Alberto Sordi struggles soberly with the insidious Mafia...