Created in 1970, RICO gave authorities a short cut. ibid.
The so-called Commission Trial began in September 1986. ibid.
Greg Scarpa was born in Brooklyn on May 8th 1928. Mobsters s4e7: Grim Reaper: Greg Scarpa
In the early 1950s Greg Scarpa was making a name for himself on the hard streets of Brooklyn as an earner and enforcer for the Profaci family. ibid.
Scarpa ran his own crew ambushing truck drivers at gunpoint. ibid.
On October 27th 1961 Greg Scarpa delivered his first bit of insider info ... As an FBI informant he traded information for cash and protection. ibid.
The Colombo family war had just got personal. ibid.
December 11th 1978: a black van pulled up to the Lufthansa cargo terminal. Four men got out ... The money was completely untraceable ... Nearly six million dollars. Mobsters s4e8: Jimmy the Gent Burke
He kept money flowing to Paul Vario and the Lucchese crime family. ibid.
The [cargo] hijackings brought in cash by the truckload. ibid.
Lufthansa: seventy-two boxes of cash, jewellery and gold bullion into the back of the van. ibid.
[Henry] Hill was arrested on April 27th 1980. ibid.