Our political and financial systems are increasingly becoming indistinguishable from organized crime. Seriously. I mean, they’re barely bothering to hide it. Both parties are awash in those concealed bribes called campaign contributions. Financial executives who committed multiple serious felonies are not prosecuted. The federal government bails out out insolvent institutions then gives them sweetheart [...]
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It’s getting sooo hard to tell the crime lords from the CEOs. The UN reports that global organized crime makes tens of billions in profits each year while Zero Hedge makes the case that too many corporations act like street gangs Crime, politics, business form a nexus in Las Vegas (and elsewhere.) That’s the central point of the book, which is exhaustively detailed and documented by veteran investigative reporters. In my earlier review, I detailed their startling revelations about the Kennedy clan, their ties to organized crime, and how that may have had a role [...] I’m reading The Money and the Power, a history of Vegas. The corruption and influence of organized crime is much worse than I thought. Business, crime, and government intermesh. And not just in Vegas either. JFK as a senator in ’57 went to Cuba casinos and asked Meyer Lansky to get him women. As [...] Ted Journalist Misha Glenny [McMafia] spent several years in a courageous investigation of organized crime networks worldwide, which have grown to an estimated 15% of the global economy. From the Russian mafia, to giant drug cartels, his sources include not just intelligence and law enforcement officials but criminal insiders. One disturbing trend. [...] The Ashbury Park Press has a comprehensive mini-site on Solomon Dwek, detailing his curious, checkered past, including a recent arrest for defrauding a bank for $21 million. He’s now bankrupt and the apparent informant for the NJ corruption arrests. Excellent investigative reporting like this is a good reason why we need newspapers. Dwek’s real [...] Las Vegas is planning an museum about organized crime, the history of Vegas “warts and all”. The FBI will be contributing wiretap transcripts, photos, and more! And it does take two to tango… An exchange between Kefauver and Morris “Moe” Dalitz, a former bootlegger who financed the Desert Inn hotel-casino in Las Vegas: Kefauver: [...] |  | ||||
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