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1 <br /> 1 <br /> Mohney, in turn, has been linked with national organized crime enterprises. A 1977 <br /> report of the United States Justice Department stated: <br /> It is believed that Harry V. Mohney of Durand, Michigan, is one of the largest <br /> dealers in pornography in the United States . . . He is alleged to have a close • <br /> association with the LCN. Columba and the LCN DeCavalcante, both of <br /> which are very influential in pornography in the eastern United States. In <br /> Michigan, Mohney is known to hire individuals with organized crime <br /> associations to manage his businesses. His businesses and corporations <br /> consist of 60 known adult bookstores, massage parlors, art theaters, adult <br /> drive-in movies, go-go type lounges and pornographic warehouses in <br /> Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio and <br /> California. He is involved in the financing and production of pornographic <br /> movies, magazines, books and newspapers. He also directs the importation <br /> J • ' and distribution of his own and other pornographic publications to retail and <br /> wholesale outlets throughout the United States and Canada . . . He has a <br /> working relationship with DeCavalcante's representative Robert DiBemardo <br /> 1 and has met with Vito Giacalone and Joseph Zerilli of the LCN Detroit. He <br /> has to cater to both to operate in Michigan. <br /> U.S. Justice Dep't, Organized Crime Involvement in Pornography,-reprinted in the <br /> Attorney General's Comm'n on Pornography (hereinafter "Pornography Commission"), <br /> 1 2 Final Report at 1229-30 (1986). • <br /> Organized crime has the potential to infiltrate Minnesota's pornography.industry. <br /> Evidence on a national level highlights the vulnerability of sexually oriented businesses <br /> to criminal control. A number of sources have reported that there is a connection <br /> between organized crime and the pornography industry. <br /> • <br /> The Pornography Commission reported that the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan <br /> Police Department "determined that traditional organized crime was substantially <br /> involved in and did essentially control much of the major pornography distribution in <br /> the United States during the years 1977 and 1978." 2 Final Report at 1044-45. The <br /> Washington, D.C., study "further concluded that the combination of the large amounts <br /> of money involved, the incredibly low priority obscenity enforcement had within police <br /> departments and prosecutors' offices in an area where manpower intensive <br /> J 16- <br /> 1 <br />