Roselli testified to the committee about Mafia involvement in the CIA attempt on Fidel Castro's life.
He said Mafia involvement began in the 1930's, when unions and contractors hired mobsters during violent labor confrontations.
Decades of investigations have given the 90,000-member longshoremen's union almost mythical status as a focal point of Mafia involvement in labor.
Many media outlets sensationalized the quantity of Italian-American victims, going so far as to suspect Mafia involvement, despite the vast lack of evidence.
Just a paragraph about how the Racket Squad was investigating Mafia involvement in the Tucson arvology.
And many workers and owners said that fear of repercussions from a city investigation into Mafia involvement in the market has cast a pall over what they do.
Michael, however, is adamant that the deal shall be untainted by Mafia involvement.
The president of the 15,000-member local is facing trial this month on federal charges of obstructing justice, accused of hiding Mafia involvement in the union.
It now appears there may be some Mafia involvement.
The F.B.I. began an inquiry in 1987 after being alerted by an informer about Mafia involvement, prosecutors said.