Vegas has new crime element: Israeli mob

[kalian]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/commentary/2004/apr/30/516782598.html

WITH ITS FREE flow of cash and high-stakes gambling, Las Vegas has always been an attractive target of opportunity for organized crime.

For years the traditional La Cosa Nostra dominated street rackets here and even managed to gain hidden interests in casinos on the Strip. We were considered an "open city" for more than two dozen of the nation's Mafia families.

Today Las Vegas still is considered fertile ground for organized crime, but as the mob's influence has waned because of stepped-up pressure from law enforcement authorities, other criminal groups have risen to prominence on the streets.

In recent months authorities have discovered that Israeli organized crime syndicates have set their sights on Las Vegas. One ranking crime figure was overheard a year ago by lawmen on court-approved wiretaps describing Las Vegas as "wide open" territory.

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How nice. :eyes: I wonder how much Mossad has invested in the Israeli
mob as well....

[webtrainer]

1. Russian mob is huge . . .

could be Russian Jews?

[kalian]

2. Don't know and don't care...I want them out of the US...now!

:mad: