1.   Alwais was the second witness in the racketeering case and the first to testify that Kaplan was connected to the Mafia.

2.   But sources said that accumulating evidence in the racketeering case against Bulger had opened avenues of information that recently made the forfeiture suit possible.

3.   But the arrest will certainly help prosecutors present their racketeering cases against Salemme and several associates.

4.   But to federal prosecutors, Sicignano is a star witness in the sensational racketeering case alleging mob ties, prostitution and police corruption.

5.   But to many people there, like grocer Fernando Diaz, the racketeering cases have made the streets noticeably calmer.

6.   Cafaro did admit lying in another racketeering case, and is cooperating with the government in this one.

7.   Evidence in the racketeering case that Piacente is pursuing includes wiretaps in which a purchase of cigarettes from Philip Morris is discussed, according to official documents.

8.   Galasso and Hutter are convicted felons awaiting sentencing in a federal racketeering case, prosecutors said.

9.   It is not unusual for federal prosecutors to negotiate plea agreements without getting cooperation from defendants in complicated racketeering cases that would involve lengthy trials.

10.   It is three years less than the shortest term of a co-defendant in the racketeering case, that of Carmen Tortora, a soldier, they argued.