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Meet the Genovese Crime Family's New Boss
in response to reader comment: They linger on.

Submitted by John E. Kraft, Nov 30, 2006 13:19

They continue to exist because they provide goods and services within areas that are considered statutory crimes but are not viewed as social crimes: Prostitution, gambling, drugs, etc. They also derive revenues from scams which greedy suckers fall for. When demand for their goods and services and diminution of the greed factor in the sucker base dies off, so will they.

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Oct 25, 2007 15:32

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Nov 30, 2006 08:28

They continue to exist because they provide goods and services within areas that are considered statutory crimes but are not...

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Nov 30, 2006 13:19

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Feb 12, 2008 13:22

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