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<br /> . 'Z3/~ <br /> abuse, narcotics distribution, money laundering and tax violations, copyright violations <br /> and fraud. Id. at 1056-65. - <br /> Although the Pornography Commission report has been criticized for relying on the <br /> testimony of unreliable informants in drawing its conclusions finding links between <br /> pornography and organized crime (See Scott, Book Reviews, 78 J. Crim. L & <br /> Criminology 1145, 1158-59 (1988)), its conclusions find additional support in recent <br /> state studies. <br /> The California Department of Justice recently reported that: <br /> California's primacy in the adult videotape industry is of law enforcement <br /> concern because the pornography business has been prone to organized <br /> crime involvement. Immense profits can be realized through pomography . <br /> operations, and until recently, making and distributing pornography involved <br /> a relatively low risk of prosecution. But more aggressive law enforcement <br /> efforts and turmoil within the pornography business has destabilized the <br /> . smooth flow of easy money for some of its major operations. . . . <br /> As long as control over pornography distribution is contested, and organized <br /> crime figures continue their involvement in the business, the 'pornography <br /> industry will remain of interest to law enforcement officials statewide. <br /> , Bureau of Organized Crime and Criminal Intelligence, Department of Justice, State of <br /> California, Orqanized Crime in California 1987: Annual Report to the California <br /> Leqislature at 59-62 (1988). <br /> I The Pennsylvania Crime Commission similarly determined in a 1980 report that <br /> I most pornography stores examined were affiliated or owned by one of three men who <br /> had ties with "nationally known pornography figures who are members or associated of <br /> I organized crime families." Pennsylvania Crime Commission, A Decade of Orqanized <br /> Crime: 1980 Report at 119. <br /> For example, Reuben Sturman, a leading pornography industry figure based in <br /> Cleveland, was reported by the FBI in 1978 to have built his empire with the assistance <br /> of LCN member DiBernardo. Federal Bureau of Investiqation Report Reqardinq the <br /> - <br /> -19- <br /> S <br />