LLCU 213 Midterm Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
After |booze, |what |was |the |main |source |of |income |for |organized |crime |in |Canada? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Illegal |gambling
Where |did |the |phrase |"Octupus |of |Bookmarking" |come |from? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-In |
1938, |the |Toronto |Daily |Star |ran |a |series |entitled |"Canada |in |the |bookies' |web," |which |
investigated |the |"vast |octopus |of |bookmaking" |that |spread |from |Montreal |to |Vancouver.
- |Up |until |the |end |of |the |Second |World |War, |the |illegal |gaming |industry |in |Canada |was |
characterized |by |pure |competition; |no |one |individual |or |group |dominated.
What |did |Charlie |Lucky |Luciano |do? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-In |1933 |he |created |a |governing |
Mafia |Commission |in |the |U.S.
United |States |and |Canada |were |divided |into |24 |separate |regions, |each |of |which |would |be |
under |the |jurisdiction |of |a |particular |Mafia |family.
What |was |the |significance |of |international |pipelines? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-International |
pipeline |for |drugs |smuggled |into |the |United |States.
Throughout |the |1930s, |Canada's |coastlines |and |official |maritime |ports |were |well-travelled |
entry |points |for |opium |exported |from |Asia |and |morphine |and |heroin |processed |in |Europe.
The |other |name |for |French |Connection |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |criminal |syndicate |behind
|what |would |be |called |the |French |Connection |was |L'Union |Corse.
Until |the |mid-1970, |the |world |capital |for |heroin |production |and |distribution |was |... |- |CORRECT
|ANSWER✔✔-Marseilles.
,* |The |hub |for |the |conversion |of |Turkish |opium |and |Lebanese |morphine |into |heroin.
What |was |the |significance |of |Montreal? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Quebec's |cultural, |
commercial, |and |linguistic |ties |to |France, |the |subservience |of |the |Mafia |in |the |province |to |the |
American |Cosa |Nostra, |as |well |as |Montreal's |inviting |seaports |and |close |proximity |to |New |
York, |made |the |city |a |major |entry |point |for |heroin |being |shipped |into |North |America.
Significance |of |Palermo? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |major |turning |point |in |the |development |of
|the |international |heroin |trade, |and |Canada's |role |in |the |trade, |was |the |meeting |hosted |by |
Lucky |Luciano |in |Palermo. |
Attending |the |meeting |were |a |delegation |of |American |Mafia |leaders, |most |notably |Joe |
Bonanno |and |his |underboss |Carmine |Galante, |as |well |as |Sicilian |Mafiosi, |Gaetano |Badalamenti
|and |Tommaso |Buscetta.
Palermo |connection |to |Joe |Bonanno |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |FBI |believed |it |was |at |this |
meeting |that |Joseph |Bonanno |was |convinced |to |participate |in |the |Cosa |Nostra's |international |
heroin |trafficking |network. |
In |the |late |1950s, |members |of |the |Bonanno |Family |in |New |York |and |Montreal |became |much |
more |active |in |organizing |the |importation |and |distribution |of |heroin, |which |significantly |
increased |Montreal's |role |as |a |North |American |access |point |for |European-processed |heroin.
What |was |the |significance |of |Apalachin, |NY? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |Palermo |meeting |
was |followed |a |month |later |by |a |summit |of |Cosa |Nostra |leaders |from |every |corner |of |America
|and |Canada. |Held |at |Mafia |associate |Joseph |Barbara's |country |estate |in |the |town |of |
Appalachian |in |upstate |New |York, |it |has |been |asserted |that |one |of |the |purposes |of |the |
meeting |was |to |hammer |out |the |details |for |the |distribution |of |the |heroin |in |America |and |
Canada |by |the |different |Mafia |families.
What |was |the |The |Nixon |administration's |impact |on |heroin? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
persuaded |Turkey |to |ban |the |cultivation |of |opium |in |exchange |for |subsidization |of |alternative |
, crops. |That |same |year, |an |official |agreement |was |reached |with |French |authorities |to |crack |
down |on |the |extensive |heroin |processing |and |trafficking |network |based |in |Marseilles
The |result |of |these |measures |was |a |major |reorganization |of |heroin |trafficking: |Turkey |was |
replaced |as |the |chief |supplier |of |heroin |by |the |"gold |triangle" |of |Thailand, |Burma, |and |Laos |
and |the |"golden |crescent" |of |Pakistan, |Iran |and |Afghanistan.
What |was |the |significance |of |Gaetano |Badalament's |role |in |heroin |trafficking? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Badalamenti |was |highly |receptive |to |the |partnership, |recognizing |the |American |
market |for |heroin |would |generate |untold |profits |for |the |Sicilian |families.
He |made |a |decision |behind |the |back |of |his |American |Mafia |partners |that |escalated |the |role |of
|Canada |in |the |new |global |heroin |trafficking |hierarchy |even |further.
What |did |Tommaso |Buscetta |do? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Badalamenti |instructed |Buscetta |to |
create |a |parallel |pipeline |from |Sicily |to |Montreal, |Windsor, |Toronto |and, |from |there, |into |the |
United |States.
Both |networks |would |pass |through |Canada |en |route |to |America.
Who |was |Harry |Davis? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Many |of |the |city's |gambling |and |bookmaking |
operations |were |run |by |Jewish |gangs.
The |most |powerful |gambling |boss |was |Harry |Davis.
Who |was |Harry |Ship? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Another |prominent |Jewish |Gangster |was |Harry |
Ship, |called |the |King |of |Montreal |Gamblers.
East |European |immigrant |Jews |(Harry |Davis, |Barney |Sulking, |Harry |Feldman |and |Max |Shapiro).
Indebted |to |Frank |Erikson, |one |of |the |biggest |and |wealthiest |American |bookmakers, |Harris |
lost |his |prominente |role |in |Quebec. |
Erikson |had |several |silent |partners, |such |as |Meyer |Lansky, |Lucky |Luciano, |and |Frank |Costello. |
Correct Answers
After |booze, |what |was |the |main |source |of |income |for |organized |crime |in |Canada? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Illegal |gambling
Where |did |the |phrase |"Octupus |of |Bookmarking" |come |from? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-In |
1938, |the |Toronto |Daily |Star |ran |a |series |entitled |"Canada |in |the |bookies' |web," |which |
investigated |the |"vast |octopus |of |bookmaking" |that |spread |from |Montreal |to |Vancouver.
- |Up |until |the |end |of |the |Second |World |War, |the |illegal |gaming |industry |in |Canada |was |
characterized |by |pure |competition; |no |one |individual |or |group |dominated.
What |did |Charlie |Lucky |Luciano |do? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-In |1933 |he |created |a |governing |
Mafia |Commission |in |the |U.S.
United |States |and |Canada |were |divided |into |24 |separate |regions, |each |of |which |would |be |
under |the |jurisdiction |of |a |particular |Mafia |family.
What |was |the |significance |of |international |pipelines? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-International |
pipeline |for |drugs |smuggled |into |the |United |States.
Throughout |the |1930s, |Canada's |coastlines |and |official |maritime |ports |were |well-travelled |
entry |points |for |opium |exported |from |Asia |and |morphine |and |heroin |processed |in |Europe.
The |other |name |for |French |Connection |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |criminal |syndicate |behind
|what |would |be |called |the |French |Connection |was |L'Union |Corse.
Until |the |mid-1970, |the |world |capital |for |heroin |production |and |distribution |was |... |- |CORRECT
|ANSWER✔✔-Marseilles.
,* |The |hub |for |the |conversion |of |Turkish |opium |and |Lebanese |morphine |into |heroin.
What |was |the |significance |of |Montreal? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Quebec's |cultural, |
commercial, |and |linguistic |ties |to |France, |the |subservience |of |the |Mafia |in |the |province |to |the |
American |Cosa |Nostra, |as |well |as |Montreal's |inviting |seaports |and |close |proximity |to |New |
York, |made |the |city |a |major |entry |point |for |heroin |being |shipped |into |North |America.
Significance |of |Palermo? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |major |turning |point |in |the |development |of
|the |international |heroin |trade, |and |Canada's |role |in |the |trade, |was |the |meeting |hosted |by |
Lucky |Luciano |in |Palermo. |
Attending |the |meeting |were |a |delegation |of |American |Mafia |leaders, |most |notably |Joe |
Bonanno |and |his |underboss |Carmine |Galante, |as |well |as |Sicilian |Mafiosi, |Gaetano |Badalamenti
|and |Tommaso |Buscetta.
Palermo |connection |to |Joe |Bonanno |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |FBI |believed |it |was |at |this |
meeting |that |Joseph |Bonanno |was |convinced |to |participate |in |the |Cosa |Nostra's |international |
heroin |trafficking |network. |
In |the |late |1950s, |members |of |the |Bonanno |Family |in |New |York |and |Montreal |became |much |
more |active |in |organizing |the |importation |and |distribution |of |heroin, |which |significantly |
increased |Montreal's |role |as |a |North |American |access |point |for |European-processed |heroin.
What |was |the |significance |of |Apalachin, |NY? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-The |Palermo |meeting |
was |followed |a |month |later |by |a |summit |of |Cosa |Nostra |leaders |from |every |corner |of |America
|and |Canada. |Held |at |Mafia |associate |Joseph |Barbara's |country |estate |in |the |town |of |
Appalachian |in |upstate |New |York, |it |has |been |asserted |that |one |of |the |purposes |of |the |
meeting |was |to |hammer |out |the |details |for |the |distribution |of |the |heroin |in |America |and |
Canada |by |the |different |Mafia |families.
What |was |the |The |Nixon |administration's |impact |on |heroin? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-
persuaded |Turkey |to |ban |the |cultivation |of |opium |in |exchange |for |subsidization |of |alternative |
, crops. |That |same |year, |an |official |agreement |was |reached |with |French |authorities |to |crack |
down |on |the |extensive |heroin |processing |and |trafficking |network |based |in |Marseilles
The |result |of |these |measures |was |a |major |reorganization |of |heroin |trafficking: |Turkey |was |
replaced |as |the |chief |supplier |of |heroin |by |the |"gold |triangle" |of |Thailand, |Burma, |and |Laos |
and |the |"golden |crescent" |of |Pakistan, |Iran |and |Afghanistan.
What |was |the |significance |of |Gaetano |Badalament's |role |in |heroin |trafficking? |- |CORRECT |
ANSWER✔✔-Badalamenti |was |highly |receptive |to |the |partnership, |recognizing |the |American |
market |for |heroin |would |generate |untold |profits |for |the |Sicilian |families.
He |made |a |decision |behind |the |back |of |his |American |Mafia |partners |that |escalated |the |role |of
|Canada |in |the |new |global |heroin |trafficking |hierarchy |even |further.
What |did |Tommaso |Buscetta |do? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Badalamenti |instructed |Buscetta |to |
create |a |parallel |pipeline |from |Sicily |to |Montreal, |Windsor, |Toronto |and, |from |there, |into |the |
United |States.
Both |networks |would |pass |through |Canada |en |route |to |America.
Who |was |Harry |Davis? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Many |of |the |city's |gambling |and |bookmaking |
operations |were |run |by |Jewish |gangs.
The |most |powerful |gambling |boss |was |Harry |Davis.
Who |was |Harry |Ship? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Another |prominent |Jewish |Gangster |was |Harry |
Ship, |called |the |King |of |Montreal |Gamblers.
East |European |immigrant |Jews |(Harry |Davis, |Barney |Sulking, |Harry |Feldman |and |Max |Shapiro).
Indebted |to |Frank |Erikson, |one |of |the |biggest |and |wealthiest |American |bookmakers, |Harris |
lost |his |prominente |role |in |Quebec. |
Erikson |had |several |silent |partners, |such |as |Meyer |Lansky, |Lucky |Luciano, |and |Frank |Costello. |
