The Nation - News from Sept. 4, 1986
A mob insider working with state investigators in New York secretly taped conversations with reputed crime boss John Gotti, including one that provides “direct evidence of John Gotti’s role as manager” of an illegal gambling enterprise, documents unsealed in U.S. District Court indicated. Gotti, reputed head of the Gambino organized crime family, and six co-defendants are charged with racketeering and conspiracy for a nearly 20-year catalogue of crimes including gambling, loan sharking, robbery and murder.
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