New York City Uses Anti-Mafia Law to Sue Cigarette Vendor

New York City is using a federal statute designed to prosecute the Mafia in order to sue a black-market cigarette vendor who it says cost the city $6.5 million in lost taxes over about a six-year period. Mayor Mike Bloomberg just issued a press release announcing the suit, in which he said sites such as Cigarettesdirect2u.com had shipped some 4.37 million packs of cigarettes into the city after ...