Legal Opinion
United States v. Bonanno Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 24, 1988No. CV-87-2974PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GLASSER, District Judge:
The government filed this civil action under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (1982 and Supp. IV 1986), 1 on August 25, 1987, and filed an Amended Verified Complaint on October 5, 1987. The Amended Complaint names as defendants “the Bonanno Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra” and twenty-two additional individuals and entities. The Amended Complaint alleges that the defendants have engaged in at least 199 acts of racketeering including gambling offenses, narcotics offenses, trafficking in…
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