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A tip from the son
of a former mob boss in January sentFBI investigators to the Oakland Township in Michigan, where they began to
search for former Teamster President James Hoffa, supposedly buried in the
area. Agents sent a team with a bull
dozer to start tearing up a field outside of the suburb of Detriot shortly
after, but after three days of fruitless digging, the search has been called
off. Hoffa was last seen in 1975, although the case of his disappearance
remains open. The Oakland search was thesecond dig in a year, after police and the FBI failed to find Hoffa’s body
in Roseville, Michigan.
The interest in the
case of Jimmy Hoffa remains high, especially in Detroit where labor unions are
a large part of life, partly due to the importance of Hoffa’s accomplishments
and the reminder of the former power of organized crime. Hoffa rose through the ranks of the truck
drivers’ union called the Teamsters, and grew it into the largest labor union
in the United States. The union
experienced high power during Hoffa’s reign, which ended in an FBI
investigation into the Teamsters and Hoffa going to prison. Shortly after his release, Hoffa
disappeared. It is widely presumed a
meeting with mafia bosses went south and ended in an order for Hoffa’s murder.
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The most recent dig drew
a crowd, not only interested parties and media professionals, but also some
protestors trying to highlight the waste of time the search for Hoffa should be
considered to be. One man in a horse
mask told media that how Hoffa was murdered is a pointless question after 38
years. Some also speculate the tip was
formulated to help the informer Tony Zarelli, who is selling a book about the
Hoffa story.
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