Evidence that it laundered some Mafia money and provided credit for some Mafia operations later formed part of the prosecution's case.

In the last 10 years, Mafia operations have been devastated by arrests .

The drug business is not a Mafia operation, nor one run by the Colombian cocaine cartels.

Stacher continued running Mafia gambling operations until 1964, when Federal authorities arrested him for tax evasion.

So it wasn't a Mafia operation after all.

But I do know that the last three raids on Mafia operations have netted us nothing, just a few minor soldiers, virtually no drugs or guns.

The reason is that begging is often a Mafia operation and the children get all their money confiscated.

"I thought you might give me some inside information on the Mafia operation here."

Luciano secretly moved to Cuba, where he worked to resume control over American Mafia operations.

Further arrests are likely, government investigators said, for crimes of negligence, bribery and "Mafia operations."