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ALL IN THE FAMILY: As a trial...

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ALL IN THE FAMILY: As a trial with mob overtones captivated Santa Ana (B1), organized crime experts recalled that Mafiosi have long considered the county home. . . . “Orange County’s no different than any other large metropolitan area,” said Bob Morehouse of the state attorney general’s office and an official mob watcher. “There’s a lot of money. Money attracts organized crime.” . . . And don’t expect the mob to fade away here, he said. “There’ll always be some organized, traditional Mafia scammin’. . . . Bookmaking, loan-sharking, business infiltration and pornography.” . . . Accused Mafia accomplice Joseph Grosso, meanwhile, spent jail time maintaining his innocence--and reading “The Last Mafiosi.”

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