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03/18/11	United States District Court Dismisses New York Shipping Association's Complaint Against Commission	US District Court - NJ
02/08/11	Top Union Official and Two Other Men Indicted in Investigation Into Alleged Scheme to Extort Money from Dock Workers	NJ AG/DCJS
01/20/11	Lasher Pleads Guilty in Federal Court	WCNYH
01/20/11	91 Leaders, Members and Associates of La Cosa Nostra Families in Four Districts Charged with Racketeering and Related Crimes, Including Murder and Extortion	WCNYH
01/20/11	Union Officials Charged with Participation in Three-Decade Conspiracy to Extort Dock Workers	US Attorney's Office - Eastern
01/10/11	Three Indicted in Investigation by DCJ and Waterfront Commission Into Shakedown of Dock Workers	WCNYH
12/14/10	Former ILA Local 1235 President Arrested on RICO Indictment	WCNYH
12/14/10	Commission Suspends Registration of Arrested Local 1235 Delegate	WCNYH
12/08/10	ILA Local 1235 Delegate Arrested for Hobbs Act Extortion	WCNYH
10/31/10	Commission is essential to combat organized crime	THE RECORD
10/19/10	ILA Local 1 Trustee and Shop Steward charged with Theft in the Second Degree and Falsifying Records.	WCNYH
10/13/10	Lasher Arrested for Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud	WCNYH
10/10/10	Star Ledger Editorial:Why Kill the Mob Watchdog at the Port?	The Star Ledger
10/05/10	US Attorney Charges 8 Longshoremen and 3 Others with Cocaine Trafficking at the Port of NY and NJ.	WCNYH
09/29/10	Commission Letter to N.J. Senate Economic Growth Committee	WCNYH
09/17/10	Checker Who Extorted Trucking Company Removed from Waterfront	WCNYH
09/07/10	Court Upholds Commission’s Decasualization of Checker	WCNYH
08/23/10	Maintenance Man’s Registration Revoked for Fraud, Unwanted Sexual Contact with a Female Security Officer, Damage to Terminal Property and Threats to his Foreman.	WCNYH
07/19/10	Pier Superintendent’s Permit Revoked for Violation of the Waterfront Commission Act	WCNYH
07/06/10	Commission Votes to Ammend Determination Three	WCNYH
06/15/10	Court Upholds Suspension of Checker Arrested for Loan Sharking and Money Laundering	WCNYH
06/01/10	Longshoreman Retires After Being Charged with Associating with Organized Crime Members	WCNYH
05/24/10	New Jersey Law Journal Editorial: Still on the Waterfront	New Jersey Law Journal Editorial
05/17/10	Pier Superintendent’s License is Revoked For Dishonesty during Waterfront Commission Interview and Hearing	WCNYH/DCJ
05/11/10	Checker Arrested by Commission Police for Extortion and Coercion	WCNYH/DCJ
04/22/10	Commission Police and NJ DCJ Arrest Top Union Official for Shake-Down of Dock Workers. Four Others including Newark Police Officer Also Arrested	WCNYH/DCJ
04/07/10	Hiring Agent Charged With Associating With Member Of Organized Crime Is Removed From Waterfront	WCNYH
04/06/10	Maintenance Man’s Registration Revoked After His Failure to Submit to a Drug Test	WCNYH
03/16/10	Maintenance Man Removed from Waterfront for Association with a Member of Organized Crime.	WCNYH
12/18/09	Waterfront Mobster Sentenced to 16 Years	US Attorney's Office - Eastern
11/19/09	Former Longshoreman sentenced to two years in prison for Workman’s Compensation fraud.	WCNYH
11/18/09	Checker Removed from Waterfront for Association with Organized Crime	WCNYH
10/29/09	Court Rules Removal of ILA Atlantic Coast District VP John Shade was Proper	WCNYH
10/29/09	NY State Supreme Court Ruling in John Shade Case	Supreme Court NYS
08/18/09	Governor Corzine Appoints Former Criminal Prosecutor and SCI Commissioner to the Waterfront and Airport Commission of New York & New Jersey	The State of New Jersey, Office of the Governor
08/11/09	NYS IG Investigation Report	WCNYH
07/13/09	WCNYH Response to NYS IG [Draft] Report	WCNYH
04/24/09	Cops bust dealers of counterfeit President Obama sneakers	Daily News
02/08/08	Feds carry out a hit on the mob	Staten Island Advance
02/07/08	GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY LEADERSHIP, MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES INDICTED...	New York State Attorney General's Office
02/07/08	SIXTY-TWO DEFENDANTS INDICTED, INCLUDING GAMBINO...	United States Attorney's Office - Eastern District of New York
02/07/08	Port security guards charged with faking payroll records	The Star Ledger
02/06/08	Police arrest 11 security guards at Jersey City port	The Star Ledger
01/11/08	7 Indicted After Agent Gets Inside Cocaine Ring and the Ships It Used	New York Times
01/11/08	TRIED TO SMUGGLE $10 MILLION IN COCAINE INTO NEW YORK	District Attorney Office
11/29/06	The Workers' Prophet	Irish Echo
03/11/06	Arab companies? Feds are worried about the mafia at ports Union accused of being a "vehicle for organized crime"	CNN
02/26/06	Ports deal puts focus on docks	Asbury Park Press
02/23/06	CNN Situation Room with WOLF BLITZER over Port Security	CNN
02/23/06	Work at Terminals Untouched by Firestorm of Security Debate	New York Times
06/30/05	U.S. Said to Plan Rackets Lawsuit On Dock Union	New York Times
05/01/05	Tale of docks and mobsters gets new life	Star Ledger
04/29/05	'Dirty docker' license targeted	The Jersey Journal
07/27/04	Two Leaders of the International Longshoremen's Association Affiliated with the Genovese Family Indicted for Extortion	United States Attorneys Office
03/20/04	Smugglers Stung In Queens	New York Post
03/20/04	Five Are Arrested in Waterfront Smuggling Inquiry	New York Times
01/03/04	The Fat Cats on the Waterfront	Daily News
12/03/03	2 Chinatown Stores Raided in Counterfeit-Goods Sweep	The New York Times
01/28/03	Gambino Crime Family "CAPO" and Crew Charged in Albany	Office of New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer
11/27/03	Frmr. NYPD Commish Working to Reform Mobbed-Up NJ Local	Philadelphia Inquirer
03/07/02	Target Mob-Run Shake-down on New Jersey Docks	Office of the Attorney Generall

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