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It's a common theme in gangster movies where the "family" does everything in its power to gain legitimacy in the eyes of the government and have their crimes either become absolved or legal. Has their ever been a recorded case where a crime family has gone "legit"?

by /u/Ciscoblue113 in /r/AskHistorians

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