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Mob Museum marks anniversary of hearings that introduced much of the U.S. to organized crime

Government lawyer who authored RICO anti-corruption law speaks at museum

Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 | 2 a.m.

On Nov. 15, 1950 — 62 years ago — the Kefauver committee stopped in Las Vegas for one of several hearings exploring organized crime in America. The U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce, as the Kefauver committee was officially known, met in 14 cities. The Las Vegas hearing took place in the courthouse that today serves as the home of the Mob Museum. The Kefauver hearings, so dubbed for the committee chairman, Sen. Estes Kefauver, were broadcast live on television and introduced much of the American public, including a young Robert Blakey, to organized crime. Tuesday ...

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