Deck 12: Organized Crime in Labor, Business, and Money Laundering

Question 1

In 1940,the founder and secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Waste Handlers Union was murdered.Which man,who had never been a member of the union or a waste handler,showed up at a union meeting,paid his dues,and on the same night became the new secretary-treasurer?​

A)​Benjamin "Dopey" Fein
B)​Paul "Red" Dorfman
C)​Jackie Presser
D)Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Who,in an effort to eliminate all possible witnesses against him,ordered a murder rampage that backfired when his loyal men became informers seeking police protection,resulting in his prosecution in 1941 and electrocution in 1944?​

A)​Benjamin "Dopey" Fein
B)​Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
C)​Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro
D)John L.Lewis

Answer 2

B

Question 3

​With the able assistance of men such as Antonio Vaccarelli,better known as Paul Kelly,which union was organized in the 1890s and gained complete control over the New York waterfront by 1914?

A)​LIUNA
B)​HEREIU
C)​ILA
D)IBT

Answer 3

C

Question 4

​At a 1957 convention in Miami,which individual-who had been accused of dozens of improper activities by the McClellan Committee-was elected President of the IBT?

A)​Benjamin Fein
B)​Jimmy Hoffa
C)​Bill Presser
D)John L.Lewis

Question 5

​Which union is the most important union to come under the domination of organized crime,since virtually every consumer product needs to be transported throughout the country?

A)​LIUNA
B)​HEREIU
C)​ILA
D)IBT

Question 6

Which union is the largest labor union in the United States,representing more than 1.4 million truckers,delivery drivers,warehouse workers,flight attendants,and other workers?​

A)​LIUNA
B)​HEREIU
C)​ILA
D)IBT

Question 7

What is defined as a specific response to a specific set of injustices at a time when industrial and financial capitalism was establishing its predominance over American society?​

A)​the Industrial Revolution
B)​the Labor Wars
C)​the Industrial Wars
D)the Labor Revolution

Question 8

In 1988,Rudy Giuliani,then U.S.attorney for the Southern District of New York,filed which type of complaint against the IBT,the first time it had been used against an entire union?​

A)​RICO
B)​EPA
C)​OSHA
D)HIPPA

Question 9

What is the infiltration,domination,and use of a union for personal benefit by illegal,violent,and fraudulent means?​

A)​labor racketeering
B)​money laundering
C)​restraint of trade
D)private banking

Question 10

Jimmy Hoffa was released from prison in 1971 after which president approved his application for executive clemency?​

A)​John F.Kennedy
B)​Robert Kennedy
C)​Richard Nixon
D)Lyndon B.Johnson

Question 11

According to Abadinsky,which of the following rackets was NOT rampant on the union-controlled New York waterfront?​

A)​gambling
B)​loansharking
C)​cargo theft
D)human trafficking

Question 12

In 1938,a number of industrial unions led by which individual broke with the American Federation of Labor (AFL)and formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)?​

A)​Benjamin Fein
B)​Jimmy Hoffa
C)​Bill Presser
D)John L.Lewis

Question 13

​Which war led to the dramatic industrialization of America?

A)​WWI
B)​WWII
C)​The Civil War
D)The Vietnam War

Question 14

HEREIU Local 54 in New Jersey has about 22,000 members,most of them employed in the Atlantic City casino business.The local has been controlled by the Philadelphia crime family once headed by which infamous individual?​

A)​Al Capone
B)​Jimmy Hoffa
C)​Angelo Bruno
D)Lucky Lucciano

Question 15

In Chicago,the Laborers' Union has always had close ties to:​

A)​the Outfit.
B)​the Mafia.
C)​the Neighborhood Watch.
D)the Mayors Association.

Question 16

Formed in 1903,which union is one of 15 unions that belong to the Building Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO?​

A)​LIUNA
B)​HEREIU
C)​ILA
D)IBT

Question 17

The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union was established in which city in 1891?​

A)​New York
B)​Chicago
C)​Houston
D)Las Vegas

Question 18

According to Goldstock,labor rackets assume three basic forms: sweetheart deal,siphoning of union funds,and:​

A)​bargaining.
B)​walkout.
C)​strike insurance.
D)competition.

Question 19

In 1935,the passage of which act gave explicit protection to the rights of workers to organize and engage in collective bargaining?​

A)​Harrison Act
B)​Warsaw Act
C)​Hobbs Act
D)Wagner Act

Question 20

Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union charters often provided the basis for extortion from:​

A)​politicians.
B)​restaurants.
C)​hotels.
D)casinos.

Question 21

Bid rigging and customer allocation are what type of violations of the Sherman Act?​

A)​money laundering
B)​restraint of trade
C)​excessive greed
D)political corruption

Question 22

Organized crime appears to have been eliminated from which industry in New York?​

A)​the private collection of solid waste
B)​the garment industry
C)​construction
D)insurance

Question 23

The 1975-1979 UNIRAC investigation revealed that ports along the East Coast between which two cities had been divided between the Genovese and Gambino Families?​

A)​Massachusetts and New York
B)​Massachusetts and Florida
C)​New York and Florida
D)New York and New Jersey

Question 24

In money laundering,depositing currency into the bank without activating the reporting system is called placement.​

Question 25

In some schemes,what are persons used by money launderers to convert cash into money orders and cashier's checks known as?​

A)​mules
B)​smurfs
C)​ringers
D)flips

Question 26

Strike insurance is a form of labor racketeering in which the union threatens a walkout and the employer pays to assure a steady supply of labor.​

Question 27

Money laundering has developed its own lexicon.Which of the following correctly orders the process of laundering of money?​

A)​placement,layering,integration
B)​integration,placement,layering
C)​layering,placement,integration
D)integration,layering,placement

Question 28

Payments to organized crime may be direct,or by making a racketeer (or one of his relatives)a business partner,or by employing which type of employees,who are on a construction payroll and receive salaries but do no work?​

A)smurf​
B)​secret
C)​phantom
D)ghost

Question 29

Money laundering has been greatly facilitated by advances in banking technology.​

Question 30

Once in control of the International Longshoremen's Association,organized crime found that the shipping industry was not an industry that could be dominated by racketeering.​

Question 31

​Ralph Scopo,who was at the center of a "contractors club" that received payments for allocating bids on construction jobs,was a member of which crime family?

A)​the Gambino Family
B)​the Lucchese Family
C)​the Patriarca Family
D)the Colombo Family

Question 32

In addition to their illegal business activities,persons involved in organized crime often own or invest in legitimate enterprises.​

Question 33

Seven percent of private-sector American workers belong to a union,a significant increase for organized labor in modern day America.​

Question 34

From the first half of the 19th century to the Civil War,criminal conspiracy statutes were used against labor's organizing efforts and strikes.​

Question 35

Which of the following elements is typically found in pension fraud schemes?​

A)​A corrupt union official approves the investment of union fund monies.
B)​Investment service providers are associated with organized crime.
C)​Service providers offer kickbacks from fees generated from servicing the plan.
D)All of these are elements typically found in pension fraud schemes.

Question 36

Louis "Lepke" Buchalter revolutionized labor racketeering by infiltrating the businesses and unions that hired him.​

Question 37

Labor racketeering refers to infiltration,domination,and use of a union for personal benefit by illegal,violent,and fraudulent means.​

Question 38

Until 1992,whose multimillionaire sons exercised control over garment-center trucking?​

A)​Jimmy Hoffa's
B)​Robert Kennedy's
C)​Carlo Gambino's
D)Gaetano Lucchese's

Question 39

In a restraint-of-trade scheme,participants are operating outside of the law and cannot easily complain to the authorities.​

Question 40

Anderson provides six reasons for organized criminal involvement in legitimate business.Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons?​

A)​profit
B)​diversification
C)​public image
D)transfer

Question 41

In many schemes involving corrupt union officials,_____________ businessmen have willingly cooperated in order to derive benefits such as decreased labor costs,inflated prices,or increased business in the market.​

Question 42

The _____________ is the largest labor union in the United States.​

Question 43

______________ is a term used to describe efforts to hide the source of income from illegal activities.​

Question 44

​How does money laundering serve the interests of organized crime?

Question 45

Bid rigging and customer allocation are restraint-of-trade violations of the ____________ Act.​

Question 46

What are Ronald Goldstock's three basic forms of labor racketeering? Briefly describe each.​

Question 47

Organized crime can play a crucial role in limiting competition in the construction industry by enforcing a system of _____________ bidding.​

Question 48

Discuss business racketeering in New York's garment industry.​

Question 49

In Chicago,the Laborers' International Union (LIUNA)has always had close ties to the organized crime group known as the _____________.​

Question 50

Anderson provides six reasons for organized criminal involvement in legitimate business.List and discuss those reasons.​

Question 51

Labor and _____________ racketeering distinguish traditional organized crime (American Mafia and its predecessor groups)from other forms of organized crime.​

Question 52

Louis ("Lepke")Buchalter revolutionized labor racketeering.Describe the main features of what Buchalter did that were revolutionary.​

Question 53

The 1935 _________ Act gave protection to the rights of workers to organize and engage in collective bargaining.​

Question 54

​Money laundering is facilitated through the use of ____________,privately owned online payment systems that allow international payments denominated in the standard weights for gold and other precious metals.

Question 55

____________ racketeering refers to infiltration,domination,and use of a union for personal benefit by illegal,violent,and fraudulent means.​