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War on Organized Crime Faltering--Federal Strike Forces Not Getting the Job Done

GGD-77-17 Published: Mar 17, 1977. Publicly Released: Mar 17, 1977.
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The federal effort to coordinate the fight against organized crime involved the creation of the Department of Justice's strike forces. The operations of the strike forces located in Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Brooklyn and Manhattan, New York were investigated.

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