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'Substantial Progress' Made in Underworld BattleReciting the convictions ofWASHINGTON (UPI) — The organized crime section, said Nixon Administration has J*lat intensified investigating underworld figures from 1970through 1973. Lynch said. T think vou can sav we’re mak-made “substantia! progress’’ prosecuting staffs led toin the government’s battle%against the underworld, the Justice Department’s chief organized crime fighter says. William Lvnch. chief of theChess Coverage SetAs the challenger’s matches for the World's Championship in chess begin this week, Frank Brady will bring game wrap-ups -and interviews to listeners of KTEP’s program “All Things Considered ... heard each weekday beginning at 6 p.m.the convictions of “some pretty significant Mafia heads in 1973.OVERALL, Lynch said in an interview with CPI. convictions have risen as the government has committed more resources to battling organized crime.Continued application of the kind of pressure we have on is bound to have serious implications for organized crime groups. he said No organization can stand that kind of pressure and maintain its efficient organization structure.’’mg substantial progress•THIS IS NOT to say that prior administrations werenot equally concerned withorganized crime. he said.but the fact of the matter is there was an increased emphasis when this administration took office on the application of resources both in vcstigativc and prosecuting.Lynch said there were 418 underworld figures convictedin 1970. 679 in 1971. 993 in 1972. and 1.616 during 1973 -a total of 3.706.But Lvnch said it was thehigh echelon crime syndicate members, the leaders, who were considered t h e real impact cases in the fight against the underworld.a figure which Lynch described as a substantial increase since Nixon took office.Lynch attributed the increase in convictions to use ofIN THIS CATEGORY, he court-ordered electronic sur-said. there were 33 convic- vcillance. the department'stions in 1970. 61 in 1971. 60 in 1972 and 69 in 1973—a total of• 9As of June 30. 1973. there were 140 attorneys assigned to the Justice Department’s organized crime section, compared with 112 in 1971. Within two months this figurewill rise to the authorized total of 159. Lynch said.Additionally, the FBI has a bout 600 a gen ts assignedfull-time to organized crime.establishment of 18 regionalforces throughoutsthe country and better intelligence gathering.DO YOU KNOW. ...New York leads all states inthe number of manufacturing firms which are fo reign-owned or represent joint ventures of domestic and foreign firms, according to the New York State Department of Commerce.
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El Paso Herald Post
El Paso, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 17, 1974
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