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1 <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> <br /> 4 <br /> <br /> 5 <br /> <br /> 6 <br /> <br /> 7 <br /> <br /> 8 <br /> <br /> 9 <br /> <br /> 10 <br /> <br /> 11 <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br /> 15 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />Ter£y Teigs. <br /> <br />MR. HA~TLS~: Ted Ownes followed <br /> <br /> MR. OWNES: ~aan~ you. Ladies and <br />gentlemen, it is my intention in tee next few minutes <br />offer info£ma~ion for your consideration regarding <br />direc~ relationship be~ween ~ne production, distribution, <br />and cae sale of pornograpaic/obscen~ material and <br />traditional organized crime elements. <br /> <br /> Detective Robert Pe~e£s of ~e Los Angeles Police <br />Departmen~ gave ~es~imony before zne Los Angeles nearing <br />on pornography, Volume £, Page 32 s~ated, and I quote, <br />"An overwhelming majority of obscene and pornographic <br />material are produced in ~ne Lo~ Angeles/California a£ea. <br />Organized crime families from Chicago, New ~or~, New <br />Jersey, and F£orida ace openly con,roiling and directing <br />~ne majority of pornograpnF operations in Los Angeles. <br />These opera~ions constitute De,ween 85 and 90 percen~ of <br />all such material produced in the United Sta~es today." <br /> <br /> ~n an invesciga~ive report on organized crime <br /> <br />and pornograpnF submitted ~o the A~orney General of <br />California, law enfo£cemen~ agen=s s=ated cna~ "Organized <br />crime figures and associates are involved in ~ne commerce <br />essential ~o =ne pornog£apay business =hrouga <br />ownership of the distriDu=ion of sources of ma=erial." <br />The AtCorney Geneual's commission on pornography in 198~ <br /> <br />ADA~o COURT REPORTING <br />(612) 375-9150 <br /> <br /> <br />