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fashion with organized crime either the mafia or some <br /> non- <br /> mafia never-the-less highly organized crime. other facet of <br /> •Id. at 1047-48. <br /> Thomas Bohling of the Chicago Police Department Organized Crime <br /> Vic <br /> Control Section, told the Pornography Commission that "it is the belief of state,Division, <br /> f er <br /> and local law enforcement that the pornography industry is controllededea <br /> crime families. If they. do not own the business outright, they most certainlyrge trac <br /> street tax from independent smut Peddlers." Id. at xtrac <br /> 1048 (emphasis in original). <br /> The Pornography Commission stated that it had been <br /> advised <br /> Police Chief Daryl F. Gates that "organized crime families fromChicago,Los Angeles <br /> New Jersey and Florida are openly controlling and directing the major pornograph <br /> operations in Los Angeles." Id. P nograp <br /> 1 The Pornography Commission was told by Jimmy Fratianno, described <br /> by Commission as a member of LCN, "that large profits have kept organized crime he the <br /> involved in the obscenity industry." Id. at 1052. Fratianno testified heavily <br /> that "95% cOe <br /> families are involved in one way or another in pornography. <br /> won't let it go." Id. at 1052-53. • • • it's too big. They just <br /> The Pornography Commission concluded that "organized crime in its traditional <br /> LCN forms and other forms exerts substantial influence and control over the obscenity <br /> industry. Though a number of significant producers and distributors are not members <br /> of LCN families, all major producers and distributors of obscene material are highly <br /> organized and carry out illegal activities with a great deal of sophistication. Id. at 1053. <br /> The Pornography Commission reported that Michael George Thevis, reportedly <br /> one of the largest pornographers in the United States during the 1970's wased <br /> convrc;,,,, <br /> in 1979 of RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) violations including <br /> murder, arson and extortion. The Commission also reported examples of other crimes <br /> associated with the <br /> pornography industry, including prostitution and other sexual <br /> t <br /> -18- <br />