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  • 21Gambino crime family — Gambino Family redirects here. For the hip hop group, see Gambino Family (group). Gambino crime family Carlo Gambino, the boss of the family during 1957–1976. In New York City, New York Founded by …

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  • 22Los Angeles crime family — Joseph Ardizzone was the first Boss of the Los Angeles family. In Los Angeles, California Founded by Joseph Ardizzone Years active c. 1900–present …

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  • 23Bartholomew Boriello — Bartholomew Bobby Boriello (March 31, 1944 April 13, 1991) was a New York mobster who belonged to the Gambino crime family and served as boss John Gotti s favorite bodyguard and chauffeur. A prominent hitman during the 1980s, Boriello… …

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  • 24Joseph Galizia — Joseph Joe Glitz Galizia (July 24, 1941 1998) was a New York mobster who became a high ranking soldier in the Genovese crime family and ran a large gasoline bootlegging operation. Making His Bones and Becoming a Made ManIn the mid 1970s, Galizia… …

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  • 25River Rock Casino Resort — Casino infobox casino=River Rock Casino Resort theme= West Coast rainforest address=8811 River Road Richmond, BC V6X 3P8 rooms=220 date opened= 25 June 2004 space gaming=70,000 ft² (6503 m²) attractions= River Rock Show Theatre shows= None… …

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  • 26Andrew Thomas DelGiorno — Infobox Person name = Andrew Thomas DelGiorno |286px|right|thumb caption = Tommy Del at ease in a casino hotel suite overlooking Atlantic City s Boardwalk. birth date = 1940 (age 68) birth place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. status = Alive… …

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  • 27organized crime — n. a system or organization of people and groups engaged in criminal activities * * * Crime committed on a national or international scale by a criminal association; also, the associations themselves. Such associations engage in offenses such as… …

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  • 28Sicilian Mafia — Mafia redirects here. For other uses, see Mafia (disambiguation). Sketch of the 1901 maxi trial of suspected mafiosi in Palermo. From the newspaper L Ora, May 1901 The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the… …

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  • 29Predatory lending — describes unfair, deceptive, or fraudulent practices of some lenders during the loan origination process. While there are no legal definitions in the United States for predatory lending, an audit report on predatory lending from the office of… …

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  • 30Person-to-person lending — (also known as peer to peer lending, peer to peer investing, and social lending; abbreviated frequently as P2P lending) is a certain breed of financial transaction (primarily lending and borrowing, though other more complicated transactions can… …

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