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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1971
Page
3
Federal and local officials report increased prosecutions targeting gambling operations linked to organized crime. The crackdown relies on the Federal Organized Crime Control Law granting DOJ jurisdiction over large scale gambling, even without interstate activity.
Federal and local prosecutors report breaking up four gambling rings in the southern New York district processing over 135 million dollars in annual bets. The 1970 law allows federal action against operations with 30 days of activity and 2000 dollars daily handle, expanding reach to corrupt police and state officials. Joseph Colombo Sr. is named as a top target in a 10 million dollar Brooklyn Long Island Manhattan syndicate. Dennis Dillon led the wiretap backed effort. A separate airshow crash in Plaineville Connecticut kills stunt pilot Gilbert Gillette, raising death toll to six in two days.
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