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Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs
Racketeering
The Big Apple
The Windy City
100
Cash transactions in excess of this amount require the filing of a currency transaction report
What is $10,000?
100
This drug provided the main source of income for the Philadelphia branch of the pagans
What is meth?
100
This is the term for taking cash earned illegally and making it look like it is from a legitimate source
What is money laundering?
100
A meeting of all the heads of NYC OC was held in this upstate town in New York
What is Appalachin, NY?
100
Al Capone was incarcerated in this infamous federal prison
What is Alcatraz?
200
This term is used to describe the act of government seizure of assets used in criminal activities
What is "forfeiture?"
200
In 1948 this OC group adopted a name favored by fighter pilots and bomber groups in the world wars.
What is Hells Angels?
200
This term is slang for the funds extorted by OC from legitimate businesses so they are allowed to operate without OC interference or violence
What is a street tax?
200
Murder, Inc. operated from this New York City borough
What is Brooklyn?
200
This Chicago mafioso allegedly fixed the 1960 Presidential Election in favor of John F. Kennedy
Who is Sam Giancana?
300
The acts rea of this crime is the agreement to commit a crime
What is conspiracy?
300
This rock group hired the Hells Angels to provide security at their concert in Altamonte, CA
What is the Rolling Stones
300
This head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters disappeared on July 30, 1975
Who is Jimmy Hoffa?
300
He was the first "made man" to testify before Congress and reveal the secrets of La Cosa Nostra
Who is Joe Valachi?
300
Al Capone moved his operations from Chicago to this suburb of Chicago to lessen the amount of attention his activities generated.
What is Cicero, IL?
400
This Supreme Court case held that the 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination did not apply to failing to file tax returns
What is United States v Sullivan?
400
This club is considered affiliated with the Outlaws
Who are the Bandidos?
400
Extensive business racketeering in this New York industry dates back to the days of Lepke Buchalter
What is the garment industry?
400
When this ship caught fire in the New York Harbor during WW II, the FBI approached the Mob to insure there would be no more acts of sabotage
What is the Normandie?
400
Born in 1889 in Sicily, he was known as the "Enforcer" for his role in dealing with internal discipline and the external enemies of Al Capone.
Who is Frank Nitti?
500
This law passed in 1970 was in response to reports of people bringing bags of cash into banks for deposit
What is the Bank Secrecy Act (Title 31 of the US Code)?
500
This Senate investigation, named for the Senator who chaired it, investigated organized crime in 1950
What is the Kefauver Crime Committee?
500
This mobster orchestrated the murders of both MAsseria and Maranzano
Who is Lucky Luciano?
500
This federal law made the production, consumption, or sale of alcohol illegal during Prohibition
What is the Volstead Act?