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Organized crime was not entirely overlooked during the years of the New Deal, but, unlike the midwestern bandits, organized gangsters received virtually no attention from the federal government. The repeal of Prohibition had encouraged them to pursue other rackets — gambling, prostitution, and drug trafficking — but new enterprises, such as labor racketeering, interstate theft, political corruption, and payoffs were developed. The renamed Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) considered investigations into such activity too costly, time-consuming, and politically sensitive to justify the effort. Certainly these criminal activities were difficult to investigate and nowhere near as dramatic or newsworthy as chasing and shooting bandits.
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