...control nationwide manufacturing and service industries with known and respected brand names. fControl of business concerns has usually been acquired through...of the owner's gambling debts ; ( 3 ) foreclosing on-usurious loans ; and (4) using various forms of extortion.5fj Acquisition of legitimate businesses...

...by professional criminals and identified the principal methods by which that infiltration occurred: "Control of business concerns has usually been acquired through one of four methods: Í1) investing concealed profits acquired from gambling and other illegal activities; (2) accepting...