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…showed last 75 words of 440 total…called the Syndicate. It included many crime figures from all over the country in an invisible government, apportioning territorial boundaries, allocating the profits from crime, and punished those who violated their decrees. The notorious Murder, Inc. enforced Syndicate decisions. With the trial and the conviction of Luciano, the smashing of Murder, Inc., and the execution of Buchalter, organized crime in the United States appeared to be ended. But it was far from over. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**