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From: Hibbert.pa@XEROX.COM
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Subject: Re: The Mob and Atlantic City
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Date: Wed, 3-Sep-86 16:52:30 EDT
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Charles,
        Why don't the people who are victimized by the mob go to the
police?  "legitimate" businesses don't seem to have as much trouble
with organized crime.  Is it just possibly because legitimate
businesses don't have anything to fear from the police?

Businesses that are already afoul of the law (prostitutes, gambling
establishments that want to offer more or different games than the law
allows, purveyors of illegal substances, etc.) can't go running to the
law when someone asks for protection money.  Most businesses don't
fall prey because the criminals know that some intended victims will
go to the police.  (As long as those victims don't expect to be
arrested when they get there.)

Chris
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