The Business of crime :

Part 1 The process: An investigation of the loan shark racket - a report by the New York State Commission of Investigation; labour racketeering activities of Jack McCarthy and National Consultants Associated Ltd - a report of the Committee on government operations, United States Senate. Part 2 Industries under siege: the return of the sweatshop - part 2 of an investigation by State Senator Franz S. Leichter, Glenn F. von Nostitz and Maria J. Gonzalez; an investigation concerning racketeer activities in connection with the air freight industry in the New York Metropolitan area; waterfront corruption - a report by the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate; criminal infiltration of the toxic and solid waste disposal industries in New York State - a report to the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation and the New York State Legislature; insurance - declaration of Joseph Hauser before the Permanent Sub-committee on Investigations, US Senate. Part 3 Fighting back: oversight inquiry of the Department of Labor's investigation of the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund; taking on the Teamsters - US vs the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehouseman and Helps of America, AFL-CIO et al.

A cross-section of judicial findings and legislative reports on organized crime in America, based on long-term investigations and public hearings. Taken together, they help to illustrate how organized crime has infiltrated key industries and taken control of union pension and welfare funds.