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	Anthony Salerno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1987 Salerno was convicted on RICO Act charges in the Mafia Commission Trial.
		He was born and raised in East Harlem and progressed through the ranks of the New York mafia through crimes such as loansharking and protection rackets.
		Anthony Salerno (1911 - July 27, 1992) was a member of the US Mafia and headed the Genovese family during the 1980s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anthony_Salerno (198 words)

	Mafia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the mid-20th century, the Mafia was reputed to have infiltrated many labor unions in the United States, notably the Teamsters, whose president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared and is widely rumored to have been killed by the Mafia.
		The Mafia began a steep decline in the late-1970s and early 1980s due in part to laws such as the RICO Act, which made it a crime to belong to an organization that performed illegal acts, and to programs such as the witness protection program.
		Today the Mafia is still the dominant organized crime group in the United States but its power and influence continues to decline due to aggressive FBI investigations which has led to mob informants, violation of mob rules, family infighting, and death or imprisonment of its top leaders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mafia (4861 words)

	Indonesia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Indonesia
		The election commission finally accepted the election results in August and President Habibie conceded that the party of his rival, Megawati Sukarnoputri, had come first with 34% of the vote, followed by his Golkar party with 22%.
		In November, an independent commission reported on the country's May 1998 riots and blamed the military for provoking unrest, in an effort to create an emergency to enable Suharto to stay in power.
		The election was the first free ballot in Indonesia in 44 years and the result was regarded as crucial to the democratic transformation of the after decades of authoritarian rule.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Indonesia (6323 words)

	World travel guide Italy: MAFIA, 'NDRANGHETA, CAMORRA: SOCIALIZED CRIME IN SOUTHERN ITALY
		Though the Mafia has outshone, or outshot, the Camorra over the past century, the Camorra is much older and was already a well-established and ill-reputed criminal society at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
		Most important of these may be the secrecy in which the Mafia shrouds itself, a secrecy assured by the vow of silence known as omertà, which surrounds all those who, however unwillingly, come into contact with it.
		Like the Mafia, the Camorra has become entrepreneurial, and the name of the clan which commanded Naples until recently, the New Organized Camorra, suggests that the new Neapolitan underworld is structured more like a commercial firm than a family.
	www.starvogue.com /world-travel-guide/italy/mafia.html (1959 words)

	Samuel Alito - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps after his graduation and assigned to the United States Army Reserve, one of nine in his class to receive a commission in the Reserve.
		Alito wrote for an unanimous court in ordering a new trial for Bobby Lee Holmes due to South Carolina's exclusionary rule prohibiting him from presenting the jury at his trial with witnesses who identified another man, Jimmy McCaw White, as having committed the burglary, rape, and murder of which Holmes has been accused.
		Groody, Alito argued that qualified immunity should have protected police officers from a finding of having violated constitutional rights when they strip-searched a mother and her ten-year-old daughter while carrying out a search warrant that authorized the search of a residence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_A._Alito,_Jr. (2288 words)

	mafia international - commission case
		Never has there been a case that has had such a big impact on the American Mafia than the commission case.
		The entire New York Mafia hierarchy was prosecuted in one courtroom in a case that finally brought about the end to the bosses unbelievable untouchable image, they have enjoyed for so long.
		Rudy Giuliani was delighted with his efforts in prosecuting the entire commission of the New York mob; he had finally shattered the immunity many of the bosses had enjoyed for so long.
	glasgowcrew.tripod.com /comm.html (533 words)

	Cosa Nostra: history of the sicilian mafia
		The first detailed testimony is left by one of the mafia’s victims: ‘In the mafia’s language, a thief and a murderer is a “man of honour”; a victim is an “abject spy”.’ Antonino Giammona is the first man to be named as mafia boss.
		The mayor of Corleone and hero of the struggle against the mafia is brutally murdered.
		Discovery of the mafia association known as the Brotherhood of Favara.
	www.madaboutbooks.com /cosaNostra/timeline.htm (636 words)

	Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - this just in ... Mob News and Features
		In 1986, during the commission trial of several Mafia leaders, the elder Persico was ridiculed for representing himself.
		When the Commission was created in 1931 by Genovese family founder Charles (Lucky) Luciano and Jewish underworld kingpin Meyer Lansky, mob bosses from around the country were called to conclaves.
		Before Massino, the most powerful member of the Commission was reputed Genovese boss Vincent (Chin) Gigante, who is serving a 12-year sentence for racketeering and extortion conspiracy in a Fort Worth, Tex., prison hospital after avoiding prosecution for several years by claiming mental illness.
	www.americanmafia.com /News/7-7-02_Clean_House.html (1517 words)

	Commission Okayed Hits On Three Capos
		The Mafia Commission — the mob’s ultimate authority — authorized the grisly May 5, 1981 slayings of three upstart Bonanno capos because they were hell bent on orchestrating their own bloody coup to wrest control from boss Philip (Rusty) Rastelli, Gang Land has learned.
		But Commission members reversed themselves after learning that the rebel capos were planning an all out assault against Rastelli, sources said.
		He has told the feds that Massino, his brother-in-law, got Commission approval from then-Gambino boss Paul Castellano, according to court documents.
	www.ganglandnews.com /column367.htm (1096 words)

	Analysis: Informer ties Berlusconi to Mafia - (United Press International)
		The star prosecution witness was a Mafia bigwig turned informer or "supergrass" -- to use the Irish term -- named Antonio Giuffre, who gave evidence on a closed circuit video link from an undisclosed location where he is being held by Italian investigators.
		Andreotti has consistently denied the charges, but Mafia informers, including Giuffre, had alleged that Andreotti not merely had dealings with Italian organized crime, but was quite active within the power structure.
		Berlusconi's's alleged contacts with the Mafia are hardly likely to come up when the Italian prime minister visits President George Bush in Washington Wednesday.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20041215-091209-6747r.htm (872 words)

	Cosa Nostra: history of the sicilian mafia
		But in Italy generally the mafia is not regarded as cool in the same way that it is in the UK and the United States, quite simply because it is a much more serious threat.
		Mafia is a Sicilian word that now gets used loosely to describe all forms of organized crime across the world.
		The mafia has always perceived itself as being a criminal elite: ‘we’re mafiosi, all the others are just men’, as one man of honour put it.
	www.madaboutbooks.com /cosaNostra/q&a.htm (2565 words)

	The Mafia in Sicilian History, Sicilian Corruption, the European Commission
		The Mafia's arcane rituals, and much of the organization's structure, were based largely on those of the Catholic confraternities and even Freemasonry, colored by Sicilian familial traditions and even certain customs associated with military-religious orders of chivalry like the Order of Malta.
		The term refers to the "project consultant" who seeks European Commission funds on behalf of a town or governmental agency (presumably one lacking personnel competent to know how to manage public money efficiently, as though that were an esoteric art), and then spends these monies, taking a large commission for himself and his cohorts.
		The Mafia, albeit often indirectly, built nearly half of the "new" city of Palermo, where the notoriously corrupt mayor Salvo Lima and his successor, Vito Ciancimino, literally sold building permits to Mafia front-men.
	www.bestofsicily.com /mafia.htm (3519 words)

	SHO NUFF MOB STUDY - AUGUST 30, 2005
		Bruno was convicted of murdering Galante in the historic Mafia Commission Trial in 1986.
		Rudolph "Rudy" Giuliani, as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, used A Man of Honor: The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno, in the Mafia Commission Trial (1985-1986) to corroborate the existence of a U.S. National Mafia Commission.
		Although he corroborated the existence of the New York Mafia Commission, Bonanno (January 20, 2003) did not acknowledge the existence of the Chicago Mafia Commission.
	gangstersinc.tripod.com /ShoAug3005.html (4013 words)

	Downsizing the Mob - Donnie Brasco's new Mafia realism. By David Edelstein
		In the film, Pistone is miserable about the consequences of his withdrawal from the Mafia, and receives minimal thanks: a $500 check at an FBI ceremony attended only by his wife and children.
		According to his book, Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (1987), written with Richard Woodley, the original plan was for a six-month FBI investigation of fences with Mafia ties.
		Toward the end of the operation, both the real and the cinematic "Brasco" are given a contract to kill a rival (if he'd completed it, he might have become a "made guy"--a bona fide member of the Mafia).
	www.slate.com /id/3210/sidebar/51527 (1532 words)

	Mafia Chronology - Section III (1920-31)
		Despite Gentile's urging for the establishment of a national Mafia commission, Maranzano proclaims himself boss of bosses at a meeting held in Chicago.
		A rebellious wing of the Philadelphia Mafia is sent a clear message as Vincent Cocozza and Joseph Zanghi are shot dead on a street corner.
		The Seven Group functions almost entirely independent of the Mafia groups, but Luciano is pressured to combine with the established Mafiosi in New York.
	www.onewal.com /maf-chr3.html (3705 words)

	JURY SELECTION STARTS IN TRIAL OF 12 AS MAFIA CONSPIRATORS
		Evidence about the related extortion charges in the concrete industry was presented last year in both the Mafia commission trial and a trial that focused on the Colombo crime family.
		The main defendant, Anthony (Fat Tony) Salerno, is already serving a 100-year prison sentence for his recent conviction as a member of the Mafia's ruling ''commission.'' The new trial, focusing on his leadership of the Genovese group, got under way in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
		Cafaro as a defendant in the racketeering trial.
	www.thelaborers.net /lexisnexis/articles/jury_selection_starts_in_trial.htm (663 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Video shows jailed Mafia bosses giving orders during visiting hours
		ROME – Mafia bosses openly passed notes and whispered to family members during visiting hours at a Sicilian prison, continuing to run their affairs from jail in a video aired Thursday on Italian TV that sparked calls for tougher vigilance of imprisoned mobsters.
		Many demanded to know why the inmates were allowed to lean over the low glass that separated them from visitors and whisper into relatives' ears.
		Politicians and commentators expressed outrage at the video, which prosecutors initially showed Wednesday at a murder trial in Palermo, Sicily.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050519-1438-italy-mafiavideo.html (346 words)

	Voice Literary Supplement: Metaphysical Mafia
		In "Philology," two hoods discuss the etymology of the term "Mafia" in preparation for an appearance before the anti-Mafia commission, and proceed to define themselves out of existence.
		For Sciascia, the Mafia was less an organization than a mind-set, and what is most striking about his workisn't just how pervasive its influence is, but how ambiguously Sciascia relates to it.
		For him, it was both the cancer eating away at his society and a spark of rebellion kept alive in the hearts of a conquered people.
	www.villagevoice.com /vls/171/abramovich.shtml (1070 words)

	Bonanno
		Secondly, he claimed that the Commission had no legitimacy since their mandate of five years had run out in 1961.
		In 1985, a year before the Commission trial, John Gotti gunned his way to power in the Gambino family.
		on La Cosa Nostra in the "Commission Case.
	www.ganglandnews.com /bonanno.htm (1151 words)

	TIME.com: Hitting the Mafia -- Page 1
		Chertoff charged flatly that the Mafia is run by a coordinating Commission and that the eight defendants, representing four of New York City's five nationally powerful Mob families, were either on this crime board or had carried out its racketeering dictates.
		The New England Mafia, jolted by the convictions in April of Underboss Gennaro Anguilo, 67, and three of his brothers, who operate out of Boston, is described by the FBI as being in a "state of chaos." Of the major Mob clans, only those in Detroit and Newark remain relatively unscathed.
		The Commission trial is not expected to produce a turncoat as high ranking as Cleveland Underboss Angelo Lonardo, the top U.S. mobster to sing so far.
	www.time.com /time/nation/article/0,8599,145082,00.html (4323 words)

	John F. Kennedy Assassination Homepage :: FAQ
		The Warren Commission consisting of "various outstanding citizens" was created to "ascertain, evaluate and report upon the facts relating to the assassination...
		The purpose of the Commission are to examine the evidence developed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any additional evidence that may hereafter come to light...
		Generally, this is an evidence in Oswald's favor, but the Commission asserted that the test "is completely unreliable in determining either whether a person has recently fired a weapon or whether he has not." [13].
	www.jfk-assassination.com /faq.php (3362 words)

	AKA Joe "Bananas"
		Joseph Massino is the Mafia chieftain of the Millennium.
		NEW YORK (AP) -- The Mafia captain who unwittingly brought undercover FBI agent Donnie Brasco into the confidences of the Bonanno crime family was thrown down a flight of steps into a basement and shot to death as he begged for his former friends to finish him with a final bullet, a turncoat mobster testified.
		Realizing that Maglicco was suffering from health problems, the Commission was lenient on him, fining him $50,000 and forced him to retire from crime, which he did.
	dks.thing.net /DeadbeatAmb.html (3389 words)

	THE HSCA ON JACK RUBY'S MAFIA LINKS
		It is one of the practices of the Mafia to visit a member of the brotherhood who has been jailed for a crime in which the brotherhood was involved soon after he first enters his cell.
		The Warren Commission concluded this was the only trip Ruby took to Cuba,39 despite documentation in the Commission's own files indicating Ruby made a second trip.
		One of the purposes of such a visit is to remind the jailed colleague that he is to keep his mouth shut or else something unpleasant might happen to him or to a member of his family.
	ourworld-top.cs.com /mikegriffith1/id153.htm (2503 words)

	Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 98-01-13
		TIRANE, Jan 13 (ATA) - By A Haxhiu: The Democratic Alliance Party of Albania does not agree that the Democratic Party direct the Antimafia Commission, DAP President, Neritan Ceka told ATA today.
		TIRANE, Jan. 13 (ATA)-By A. Simoni, The Socialist Party, despite refusal by the Democratic Alliance and the Social Democratic parties, decided that the Anti-Mafia commission be run by the Democratic Party, (DP, Opposition party).
		Sabri Godo, head of the parliamentary foreign commission, attending the meeting, said "the economic aspect should be underlined in the report sent to Brussels meeting on developments in Albania."
	www.hri.org /news/balkans/ata/1998/98-01-13.ata.html (4559 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Silence Is Not Golden -- Nov. 30, 1992
		Buscetta told the national Anti- Mafia Commission what many Italians have long suspected: that the Cosa Nostra controls many of the country's politicians.
		The first and most famous Mafia turncoat, Tommaso Buscetta, was brought back to Italy from the U.S.,where he has lived since his testimony in the 1986-87 "maxi-trial" helped convict 338 mafiosi.
		He claimed that the current campaign of arrests had decimated the Mafia and persuaded many to break the code of silence known as omerta.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,977120,00.html (363 words)

	BBC NEWS Europe Law students take on the Mafia
		"The problem with the Italian Mafia today is that it's like any good business which has made the most of globalisation and transnational mergers," says Senator Roberto Centaro, president of the Italian parliament's anti-Mafia commission.
		The Mafia has inspired books, films and music but now there are high hopes that the first course in Mafia studies will inspire a new generation of committed lawmakers.
		Students will learn about the very different types of Mafia networks that exist in Italy: the Cosa Nostra in Sicily, La Camorra in Campania, La Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia and the Ndrangheta in Calabria - which investigators say is now the most powerful.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3987647.stm (662 words)

	AmericanMafia.com - Feature Articles 175
		Federal Election Commission records show that in addition to the fund raiser for Torricelli, Francis Walsh donated $1,000 to Torricelli's 1996 Senate campaign and the Walsh family has continued into this year their contribution of thousands of dollars.
		White's office has a history of successful Mafia prosecutions, including that of the Gambino Mafia Family's John "Junior" Gotti, and is also investigating the $50,000 given by the children of convicted heroin trafficker Rosario Gambino to Roger Clinton.
		Fred Roti, along with Chicago Mafia figures Tony Accardo and Joey Aiuppa and Laborers Union Vice-President John Serpico were named in a 1999 Federal civil racketeering lawsuit filed to end Mafia dominance of the International Laborer's Union.
	www.laborers.org /AmMafia_Torricelli.html (5957 words)

	AN FBI INSIDER’S GUIDE TO THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT By Mike German
		Getting an FBI insider’s perspective on the 9/11 Commission report is particularly important because while the Commission calls for sweeping changes in other parts of the intelligence community, it curiously recommends leaving the FBI intact, with sole responsibility for domestic counterterrorism intelligence collection and criminal law enforcement.
		The Commission was clearly enamored with Director Mueller and the scope of the reforms he has promised, but its ambivalence in leaving the FBI intact demonstrates the recognition that the FBI has promised to reform before, but failed to follow through. The Commission has decided to trust the FBI one more time. Should you?
		In fairness, the 9/11 Commission did face a number of obstacles hindering its ability to properly assess the FBI’s reform efforts, even after belatedly receiving full cooperation and access.
	www.globalsecurity.org /security/library/report/2005/guide-iii.htm (1794 words)

	Chertoff Spurns SEC Top Spot - CFO.com
		The former U.S. Attorney first made a reputation for himself as the lead prosecutor in the celebrated Mafia commission trial in 1986.
		The commission also said it will consider amendments regarding auditor independence to enhance the independence of accountants who audit and review financial statements and prepare attestation reports filed with the commission.
		The rules, which are to be proposed at an open meeting, would specify the kinds of information that must be retained by auditors for a five-year period after completing an audit or review of a company's financial statements.
	www.cfo.com /printable/article.cfm/3007276 (1516 words)

	Law.com - Want Retirement Benefits? Don't Join the Mafia
		He wound up serving 14 months in 1985-86 after refusing to testify at "The Commission" trial that earned 100-year jail terms for the heads of the Colombo, Genovese and Lucchese families.
		Since the 1930s ascension of the Mafia, its leaders have departed "The Life" almost exclusively through their deaths.
		Death is the penalty for breaking any of the Mafia's code, particularly omerta -- or secrecy.
	www.law.com /jsp/article.jsp?id=1127738116047 (625 words)

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