"Report to the President and the Attorney General" https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/102922NCJRS.pdf "Organized Crime and the Meat Industry: A Study in Competition "

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2m3avv/i_am_mike_rowe_...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jackson_(gangster)

It was partially sarcastic, partially not. In 2014, its about as relevant as complaining about links between the Mafia & Unions. They used to be connected in places but it was relatively small scale (e.g. local) and not on the scale people like the parent claimed.