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From the 1970s through the mid-1980s, the Chicago Outfit dominated organized crime in Las Vegas. Unreported revenue, known as the "skim," from Outfit-controlled casinos made its way out of Vegas by the bagful, ending up in the coffers of the Windy City crime bosses and their confederates around the Midwest. To ensure the smooth flow of cash, the gangsters installed a front man with no criminal background, Allen R. Glick, as the casino owner of record, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthaal as the real boss of casino operations, and Tony Spilotro as the ultimate enforcer, who'd do whatever it took to protect their interests. It wasn't long before Spilotoro, also in charge of Vegas street crime, was known as the "King of the Strip." Federal and local law enforcement, recognizing the need to rid the casinos of the mob and shut down Spilotro's rackets, declared war on organized crime. The Battle for Las Vegas relates the story of the fight between the tough buys on both sides, told in large part by the agents and detectives who knew they had to win..
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The FBI's longtime organized crime-stopper recounts the career of Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, who rose from hit man to the Chicago mob's boss in Las Vegas, until he was gunned down in 1986 before his trial. 25,000 first printing .
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280 pages of files copied from FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and archived on CD-ROM covering Anthony Spilotro La Cosa Nostra enforcer Anthony Spilotro was well known for his involvement in organized crime in the 1970's and 1980's. Spilotro was the model for Joe Pesci's character, Nicky Santoro, in the Martin Scorsese film "Casino," starring Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone.

Tony "The Ant" Spilotro was sent to Las Vegas by the Chicago branch of La Cosa Nostra, known as the "Outfit," after proving his skills at conducting mob business. Often with the use of an ice pick or the placing of someone's head in a vise.

In June, 1986, he and his brother Michael Spilotro were victims of a gangland-style slaying and were buried in an Indiana cornfield. An autopsy performed on their severely beaten bodies, identifiable only through dental records, recovered sand in the Spilotro brothers' lungs, evidencing that they were buried alive.

Files contain approximately 180 narrative pages. Memos show FBI discovery of plans by Spilotro to kill Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno. Files chiefly contain cursory information about a late 70's, early 80's interstate transportation of stolen goods investigation and prosecution..

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