Mr.
Schiff: Former
FBI Director Louis
Freeh was previously
an FBI Agent and
actually went
undercover in
Operation UNIRAC...
Director Freeh:
"It was actually
an acronym for
union racketeering
and it was one
of the first RICO
Enterprise investigations
that the FBI undertook."
Mr. Schiff:
Freeh says that
the La Cosa Nostra
had ways of keeping
freighters at
the docks too
long if they didn't
get paid …
Director
Freeh: "The
people running
the shipping companies
in some cases
subject to this
extortion, at
least that's how
they and their
lawyers would
characterize it,
would pay cash
to union officials
or sometimes directly
to organized crime
officials."
Mr. Schiff:
A lot of evidence
was collected.
Freeh says the
strongest were
recordings obtained
through undercover
work…
Director Freeh:
"A lot of
these guys, 'wise
guys' quote-unquote,
as we called them,
would make lots
of incriminating
statements."
Mr. Schiff:
UNIRAC resulted
in more than a
hundred convictions.
I'm Neal Schiff
of the Bureau
and that's what's
happening at the
"FBI, This
Week."
