1. And Lumet captures the crippling anguish of one good cop who turns out to have been as corrupt as any underworld figure. 2. Barboza was not the only underworld figure that Steve Flemmi provided information against. 3. A parade of former FBI agents, underworld figures, extortion victims, as well as Flemmi, testified at the hearings. 4. Gotti went on to become the most public underworld figure since Al Capone as this killer became a celebrity. 5. However, as he made contact with underworld figures, the case escalated into a high-stakes political corruption scam. 6. In the interview, he said that underworld figures gamble in Las Vegas and Atlantic City with the full knowledge of regulators. 7. Neither Limone, Salvati nor two other co-defendants, top New England Mafia advisor Henry Tameleo and underworld figure Louis Greco, were mentioned. 8. Some underworld figures who initially became informants to stay out of jail have found it a lucrative role. 9. --The explosion in Indian gaming casinos, already allegedly infiltrated in some places by underworld figures, is occurring with little government oversight. 10. The government is resisting, saying to do so would undermine its efforts to recruit the informants necessary to making cases against underworld figures. |
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