Deck 13: Organized Crime in Labor, Business, and Money Laundering

Question 1

offa was released from prison after ________ approved his application for executive clemency.

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

Answer 1

C

Question 2

ccording to Abadinsky, which of the following rackets was not rampant on the ILA-controlled waterfront?

A) Gambling
B) Loansharking
C) Cargo theft
D) Human trafficking

Answer 2

D

Question 3

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

Answer 3

C

Question 4

n 1940, the founder and secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Waste Handlers Union was murdered. ________, a 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) "Dopey" Fein
B) "Red" Dorfman
C) Jackie Presser
D) "Tony Pro" Provenzano

Question 5

EREIU charters often provided the basis for extortion from _______ in Chicago.

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

Question 6

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 in1941 and electrocution in 1944?

A) Benjamin Fein
B) "Lepke" Buchalter
C) "Gurrah" Shapiro
D) John Lewis

Question 7

n 1959, with the help of Jimmy Hoffa, _______ was elected president of the local. a

A) Provenzano
B) Fein
C) Presser
D) Bender

Question 8

In 1935, the _________ 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 9

____________ led to the dramatic industrialization of America.

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

Question 10

t the 1957 IBT convention in Miami, __________, who had been accused of dozens of improper activities by the McClellan Committee, was elected president.

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

Question 11

he _________ 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 12

EREIU was established in _______ in 1891.

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

Question 13

n what year did Hoffa officially "disappear?"

A) 1975
B) 1977
C) 1980
D) 1988

Question 14

Formed in 1903, the __________ 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 15

In Chicago, the Laborers' Union has always had close ties to ________.

A) The Outfit
B) The Mafia
C) Neighborhood Watch
D) Mayors Association

Question 16

_______________ 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 17

In 1938, a number of industrial unions led by __________ 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 18

EREIU Local 54 in New Jersey has about 22,000 members, most of them employed in the Atlantic City casino business. he local has been controlled by the Philadelphia crime Family once headed by:

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

Question 19

ith the able assistance of men such as Antonio Vaccarelli, better known as Paul Kelly, the _______ was organized in the 1890s and gained complete control over the New York waterfront by 1914.

A) LIUNA
B) HEREIU
C) ILA
D) IBT

Question 20

____________ are 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 21

hich 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 22

nderson provides six reasons for organized criminal involvement in legitimate business. hich of the following is not one of those reasons?

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

Question 23

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 24

alph 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 25

rganized 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 26

hich of the following is true of a scam?

A) It utilizes control of a union to extort money.
B) It mingles illicit gains with legally obtained money.
C) It involves embezzlement.
D) It involves bankruptcy fraud.

Question 27

Sometimes, organized crime members may have an oversupply of illegally derived funds that cannot be profitably used to expand their illegal activities.

Question 28

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

Question 29

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 30

Hoffa's Teamster legacy includes his connection to the looting of the IBT pension fund.

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

Depositing currency into the bank without activating the reporting system is called placement.

Question 34

ntil 1992, ____________ 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 35

he 1975-1979 UNIRAC investigation revealed that ports along the East coast from __________ to __________ had been divided between the Genovese and Gambino Families.

A) Massachusetts, New York
B) Massachusetts, Florida
C) New York, Florida
D) New York, New Jersey

Question 36

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

Question 37

oney 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 38

id rigging and customer allocation are __________ violations of the Sherman Act.

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

Question 39

n some schemes, money launderers use dozens of persons called ________ to convert cash into money orders and cashier's checks.

A) mules
B) smurfs
C) ringers
D) flips

Question 40

here is a definite line separating labor racketeering from business racketeering.

Question 41

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

Question 42

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

What is the typical role of organized crime in a restraint of trade agreement?

Question 45

In Chicago, the Laborers' International Union (LIUNA) has always had close ties to the ___________.

Question 46

hy do "legitimate" businesspeople willingly cooperate with labor racketeers?

Question 47

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

Question 48

Discuss the private collection of solid waste in New York City as an example of organized crime as predator, imposing itself on the business.

Question 49

("Lepke") Buchalter and Jacob ("Gurrah") Shapiro were two leading members of Benjamin ("Dopey") ____________ labor union "muscle" organization.

Question 50

he penetration of organized crime into legitimate business is the equivalent of the legitimation of 18ᵗʰ and 19ᵗʰ century family fortunes by the _____________.

Question 51

Discuss business racketeering in New York's garment industry.

Question 52

What are chops and the system of hawala used for? How are they similar?

Question 53

Describe a "Bust out" scam.

Question 54

Abadinsky says that Louis ("Lepke") Buchalter revolutionized labor racketeering. Tell the main features of what he did that was revolutionary.

Question 55

Benjamin Fein was an integral part of the____________ labor movement.

Question 56

Craft and large industrial unions have generally been __________ of organized crime.

Question 57

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 58

How does money laundering serve the interests of organized crime?

Question 59

Because of the ____________ nature of products, seafood wholesalers depend on speed for display and delivery, which makes them vulnerable to threats of delay.

Question 60

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