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siders — sociologists , district attorneys , crime reporters , ex - detectives , and so
on . ... stood in the way of its immediate publication : a Bureau of Prisons
regulation which barred federal inmates from publishing anything about their
crimes .
siders — sociologists , district attorneys , crime reporters , ex - detectives , and so
on . ... stood in the way of its immediate publication : a Bureau of Prisons
regulation which barred federal inmates from publishing anything about their
crimes .
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Organized crime is America ' s biggest business . According to the best estimates
of the Department of Justice , admittedly an educated guess , it grosses better
than $ 40 billion a year . Even if such a staggering statistic was off by as much as
...
Organized crime is America ' s biggest business . According to the best estimates
of the Department of Justice , admittedly an educated guess , it grosses better
than $ 40 billion a year . Even if such a staggering statistic was off by as much as
...
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Prior to the advent of Kennedy as Attorney General , it had been paying little
attention to organized crime . In 1959 , for example , only four agents in its New
York office were assigned to this area , and their work was primarily in - office ...
Prior to the advent of Kennedy as Attorney General , it had been paying little
attention to organized crime . In 1959 , for example , only four agents in its New
York office were assigned to this area , and their work was primarily in - office ...
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| Title | The Valachi Papers |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Published | 1968 |
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