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A short history of corruption in Illinois

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 | by Daniel Hautzinger | WTTW-TV

By Daniel Hautzinger, includes “… There was Incubator (bribes related to parking fines), Gambat (mob-related court fixing), Phocus (more bribes), Haunted Hall (ghost payroll). Operation Silver Shovel, which involved illegal landfills and other environmental issues, has parallels to the Burke case, in the paranoia it instilled amongst aldermen about who was wearing a wire. … Operation Greylord, the bulk of which took place in the early 1980s, was the first, and biggest, FBI investigation. …)

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