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1 <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> <br /> 4 <br /> <br /> 5 <br /> <br /> 7 <br /> <br /> 8 <br /> <br /> 9 <br /> <br /> 10 <br /> <br />ll <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />2O <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />Ter<y ~eigs. <br /> <br />~R. HARTLEZ: Ted Ownes followed by <br /> <br /> dR. OWNES: ~ank you. Ladies and <br />gentlemen, it is my intention ia tee next few minutes to <br />offer info~mation for your conside£a~ion regarding ~ae <br />direc= rela~ionsaip between ~ne production, distribution, <br />and ~ae sale of pornograp~ic/obscen~ material and <br />traditional organized crime elements. <br /> <br /> Oetective Rober~ Pe~e~s of ~e Los Angeles Police <br />Depar~mena gave testimony before ~ne Los Angeles nearing <br />on pounograpay, Volume £, Page 32 s~a~ed, and I quo~e, <br />"An o;erwnelmiag majority of obscene and pornographic <br />material are produced in ~ae Los Angeles/California a~ea. <br />O~ganized crime families from. Chicago, New ~or~, New <br />Jersey, and FLorida a~e openly controlling and directing <br />the majority of pornography operations in Los Angeles. <br />Tae~e operations constitute be~ween 85 and 90 pe£cena of <br />all such material produced in the United Sta~es today.'' <br /> <br /> in an invesaiga=ive repo~t on organized crime <br /> <br />and po£nograpn~ submitted ~o the A=torney General of <br />California, law enfo£cement agents sta~sd ~a~ "Organized <br />crime figures and associates a~s involved in uae commerce <br />essential ~o ~e pornography business ~rouga the <br />ownership of the distribution of sources of ma~eriai." <br />The Ataorney Geaeual's commission on pornography in 1986 <br /> <br />AOAMS COUR~ R~POR~NG <br /> <br />(612) 375-9150 <br /> <br /> <br />