Originally Posted By: OakAsFan
Holy crap. Did a little more searching on the Debartolo thing for kicks and it turns out a special agent believed Debartolo Sr., father of the 49ers' owner, took Meyer Lansky's place as mob financial adviser when Lansky started to lose his marbles.

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""In an earlier report, authored by Burda, the special agent wrote that he had developed source information indicating that 'Meyer Lansky, the financial wizard of OC [organized crime], is now considered by most to be almost senile and getting out of the business. His successor and new financial wizard is recognized as Edward J. DeBartolo.'"


http://www.brasscheck.com/stadium/moldea.html


DeBartolo Sr owned many banks in Florida and offered quite a few loans to men who the FBI would call suspicious or criminals.

Contrary to people's belief and the media myth about Lansky, Moe Dalitz easily had the largest net worth than any gangster in history with being close to $1 billion. Most of it legitmately after his move to Vegas.

Art Rooney Sr also laid off all his action to Wheeling, WV and the Paul Hankish organization...all overseen By Jo Jo Pecora.