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Breaking the devil's pact the battle to free the Teamsters from the mob /

"In 1988, despite powerful Congressional opposition, U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering (RICO) suit against the leaders of the behemoth International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and more than two dozen Cosa Nostra (LCN) leaders. Intending to land a fatal blow to...

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1. Verfasser: Jacobs, James B.
Körperschaft: ProQuest (Firm)
Weitere Verfasser: Cooperman, Kerry T.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, c2011.
Schlagworte:
Giuliani, Rudolph W.
United States. > Dept. of Justice > Trials, litigation, etc.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters > Trials, litigation, etc.
Mafia trials > United States.
Racketeering > United States > History.
Labor unions > Corrupt practices > United States > History.
Organized crime investigation > United States > History.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introducing the litigants and the judge
  • The civil RICO complaint and settlement
  • IBT resistance and Judge Edelstein's resolve: July 1989--September 1992
  • Establishing new disciplinary machinery: July 1989--September 1992
  • An insurgent's triumph: the IBT's 1991 election
  • General President Carey and the IRB: 1992--1997
  • The 1996 election scandal
  • The emergence of James P. Hoffa
  • The 2001 election, the demise of project rise and the IRB's third term
  • The 2006 election, the IRB's fourth term and the lead up to the 2011
  • Election
  • Lessons, reflections and speculations.

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