May 11, 2008

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The Candidates’ Positions

Hillary Clinton
U.S. Senator from New York.

Barack Obama

U.S. Senator from Illinois.

John Edwards
Former U.S. Senator from North Carolina.

Mike Gravel
Former U.S. Senator (AK)

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Fast Facts

The Italian American Mafia began in the Sicilian neighborhoods of New York in the late 1910s and early 1920s.
Money laundering involves transferring illegally received monies into legal accounts so that when money is withdrawn from those accounts, it appears to the police or other government authorities to be legal earnings of the account or the business.
Federal law enforcement officials across agencies estimated in 2003 that drug traffickers laundered between $100 billion and $300 billion, much of it through legal financial institutions.
There are an estimated eight thousand Russian/Eastern European/Eurasian criminal groups, 150 of which are ethnic oriented.

Mafia

Since the 1980s the American Mafia has been in decline. The FBI has systematically clamped down on mob operations, nabbing hundreds of members of organized crime families and their associates. Nonetheless, the Mafia remains active. Several of its old, reliable sources of income—such as gambling—have dried up, but other, more modern crimes—such as stock and securities scams—have taken their place.

Mafia Overview

The Italian American Mafia began in the Sicilian neighborhoods of New York inthe late 1910s and early 1920s. The Mafia was only one part of a vastunderworld that included Jewish gangsters and Irish hoodlums---all vying forthe bootlegging business that thrived during Prohibition. The Mafia made alliances or fought turf wars…>> (read more)

Mafia Points of View

4 Mafia Is Still a Force in Pop Culture
5 Chicago Mob Is Still Active
6 Philadelphia Mafia Has Met Its Demise
7 FBI Has the Mafia on the Run
8 Surveillance Technology Is Defeating Mob Rackets
9 Mobsters' Sons Are Becoming Suburban Hoods
10 Mafia Is Recruiting Sicilian Mobsters

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