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And donald trump was a developer in new york so he had to be familiar with what goes on in terms of the corruption with the labor unions and, you know, this 5% mob tax that goes on, everything thats built in new york, so hes been familiar with that kind of behavior. if you watch the hand movements that kind of hand stuff that goes on back and forth, thats sort of reminds me of watching some of the guys we used to deal with looking at whats going on now you start to wonder saying, is he taking th...

Writing about, trump and the good fellas. quote, donald trump says hell succeed as president because he has succeeded in business, so its appropriate to scour his business record. one area in particular that deserves scrutiny is his business relationship with companies controlled by the mafia. then it goes into some of the details. in 1988 anthony "fat tony" was among those convicted in a scheme to control and profit from the contracts for numerous buildings, including trump plaza. we asked trum...

Sopranos," changes in form, it will always be there preying on the most vulnerable groups in our society who need money, the loan sharks. this is a big, big case, bunch of cases, 16 different indictments, but i think the mob structurally was more powerful 10 or 15 years ago. >> this sounds dramatic what are what are the chances of getting these guys off the streets? is it difficult to bring a big indictment like this versus going after one by one? >> it depends. there are a lot of little indictm...

Levels, bookkeepers to some of the leaders of some of these families. >> it was interesting to hear attorney general holder put it in economic terms. $500 million or more going to mob tax essentially, this underground extortion, and that its actually going to mean more money. >> you know the other thing it interesting, a lot of people thought ass here years had gone by the -- thought as years had gone by the mob had gone quiet. we had been looking at them and trying to figure this out for some t...

Others involve truly senseless murders. in one instance, a victim was allegedly shot and killed during a botched robbery attempt. and two other murder victims allegedly were shot in a public bar because of a dispute over a spilled drink. >> i want to turn now to a colleague who knows a thing or two about putting mob bosses out of business. >> before he was the governor of new york, eliot spitzer was the head of a labor racketeering united states at the d.a.s office. in 1992, he put an end to wha...

Editorial page of the "wall street journal" writing about as you see the headline there, "trump and the goodfellas." "donald trump says hell succeed as president because he has succeeded in business. so its appropriate to scour his business record. one area in particular that deserves scrutiny is his business relationship with companies controlled by the mafia." and then it goes into some of the detail. in 1988 anthony fat tony salerno, boss of the genovese crime family was among those convict n...

Quote, donald trump says hell succeed as president because hes succeeded as business. one area that deserves scrutiny is his business relationships with companies controlled by the mafia. in 1988, anthony "fat tony" salerno, boss of the genovese crime family was among those convicted in a scheme to control and praft from the concrete contracts. since the mafia is in the business of stealing, we figured mr. trump would be angry he had to build essentially a mob tax into the cost of his projects. ...

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