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easy, limuuious aiyie, synipa- pipes MAO me lDDIlisIhizecI wilh those who seemed when Hid.blower In off.evenOrganized Crime Said in DisarrayBy MARGARET GENTRY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Theunderpinning Is/' he said. You are involved in perfcclly enormous figures by way. ofnation’s crime syndicates are available economic doub.siifreiing rroan internal dlsar- certainly billions of dollars.ray’7 because more and more Bui even in jail, Lynch said, or their bosses are behind the syndicate policy-makerbars, says the head of the Jus- still to some cxleisl, canlice Department's organised function because lie cancrime see I ion.But even \r\ prison, some underworld bosses continue to influence the illegal opera lions Ihey ruled on the. end side and most imprisoned gangsters return fa professional crime after their release, William S. Lynch said in an interview.“There are mure or thebosses who have been reached by prosecutive efforts. The situation in some pails or the country is pretty clearly indicative that they have been hurtby prosecution, he said. There is internal disarray In some of its structures acioss the country.'1lie singled o;il New England, the Midwest, New York and la inc extent the Miami area as regions where the syndicates have experienced ''organizational disruption as a result of the indictment and conviction of mob bosses.'•‘We have made fairly good Inroads, if nol substantial inroads/’ he continued. No organization dan withstand that kind of prosecutive pressure... and still b'e an effective orgun-lzlt;jtion. If you keep knocking off their besl people ... disrupting their lives through incarceration, disrupting if nol completely cutting off communications of leaders with subordinates, you are disrujviiig an organization.lellcrs and at regularLynch said tie can.do AilUe mure than guess how long it will take the syndicates lo recover from the loss of leaders. Nor can he say precisely what Ihe disruption has cost Hie syndicates in terms of lost revenue from illegal rackets.When you have a secret conspiratorial group that does tend lo keep secrets, it's very difficult lo gel a good fix on what precisely their economicwrite? unci receive talk with visitors intervals.Prison, he said, rarely Is effective in persuading a professional criminal to lake up a legitimate business after his release,You lake tlic ordinary professional hood who serves his time, keeps his moulli slml and comes out, and yen/ll find lie’s in a very nice position/1 he said.Somehow or other, he gets a job as a business agent or with XV'/ trucking company, any one nf a number, of jobs that lie must show while bi-’s an probation or parole. . Hut then lie goes buck into the normal course of his activity.Bui he added dial some have turned away from crime and cooperated wilh prosecutors who guarantee protection from physical relaxation and provide assistance in adjustinglo a law-abiding ife.Lynch said gambling remains one of Hie mosl lucrative syndicate operations, bill said he doubts whether legalization would curb illicit belling operations.Emphasizing that He expressed a personal view, not a Justice Department position, Lynch said he considers il a mistake to legalize Rambling.I think lotteries sliicI legalized gambling are probably Ihe most e.\|)ciiHive form of taxation we have/’ lie said. The administration costs are portedly enormous and they generally fall on that segment of Ihe population least able to afford it.
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Mon, Jan 21, 1974
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