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B-178618 1 (1974-03-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafsm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 4,,./ WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 MA GENERAL GOVERNMENT r~sqill DIVISION B-178618 The Honcrable Charles B. Rangel House of Representatives LM095946 Dear Mr. Rangel: In accordance with your request of April 16, 1973, and subsequent meetings with your office, we have compared the setences of convicted organized crime figures for the 4-year period July 1, 1968, through June 30, 1972, with fis- cal year 1970 and 1972 statistics compiled by the Adminis- trative Office of the U.S. Courts for all convicted criminals. The Administrative Office did not compile statistics by offense categories for fiscal years 1969 and 1971. During the 4 years, 1,365 criminal defendants, identi- fied by the Departmcnt of Justice as being associated with organized crime, were convicted. Their violations comprise 17 offense categories. More than half (61 percent) were convicted for extortion, racketeering, and threats (420);' gambling and lottery (209);2 and embezzlement and fraud (205)., Enclosure I is a comparison of convicted criminal defendants' sentences by offense category. Enclosure II is 'Included under this category are 226 organized crime fig- ures convicted of gambling offenses under 18 U.S.C. 1952, interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises. 2Convicted under 15 U.S.C. 1171-77, transportation of cam- bling devices; 18 U.S.C. 1084, transmission of wagering information; 18 U.S.C. 1301-4, lotteries; 13 U.S.C. 1953, interstate transportation of wagering paraphernalia. ,7D-9? = BEST DOCUMENT AVAILABLE

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