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Monk06

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30. The Gottis, Bananos and other mafia families must be kicking themselves for not getting into

Reply to htuttle (Reply #11)

Mon Jul 22, 2013, 08:10 PM

Jul 2013

banking. The Russian mob are way ahead of the curve on that one tho. They only target big manufacturing and financial companies. No minor rackets for them.

And yes Goldman Sachs and the rest of Wall Street are racketeers and out in the bright light of day.

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