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Judi Lynn

(160,586 posts) Thu Dec 10, 2015, 04:00 PM Dec 2015

Heirs of Meyer Lansky want compensation for Cuban casino

Heirs of Meyer Lansky want compensation for Cuban casino
Reuters
By Daniel Trotta
20 hours ago

HAVANA (Reuters) - The heirs of American organized crime legend Meyer Lansky want compensation for his nationalized hotel, the Riviera, the seaside home to one of the last casinos built in swinging Havana of the 1950s.

U.S. and Cuban officials on Tuesday opened talks about honoring legal claims against the respective governments that were dormant for half a century and are now under review since the former Cold War foes have restored diplomatic ties.

Although Lansky's heirs have yet to file a claim, they have been looking into their rights ever since U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced a year ago that they would normalize relations, said Gary Rapoport, Lansky's grandson.

Rapoport, 60, said he, his mother and his uncle are beneficiaries of Lansky's trust and entitled to compensation. The hotel opened in December 1957 and was nationalized after Fidel Castro's rebels took over little more than a year later and outlawed gambling as a capitalist vice.

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http://news.yahoo.com/heirs-meyer-lansky-want-compensation-cuban-casino-230529811.html

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Meyer Lansky and his beautiful fambly

Lansky's lovely grandson, Gary Rapoport, holding a picture
of his high school graduation, with grandpops proudly attending.

Meyer! [/center]

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Heirs of Meyer Lansky want compensation for Cuban casino (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2015 OP

And we the U.S taxpayers want compensation for the millions his drug money laundering grandpa evaded forest444 Dec 2015 #1

There are a bunch of IP claims, as well jberryhill Dec 2015 #2

The mini me mafia appears to try to collect flamingdem Dec 2015 #3

I think this falls into the "fat chance" catagory. Javaman Dec 2015 #4

The mafia demands compensation, lol Warmongers Dec 2015 #5

I guess this proves relations with Cuba are normalizing. malthaussen Dec 2015 #6

Good luck with that shit... Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #7

forest444

(5,902 posts)

1. And we the U.S taxpayers want compensation for the millions his drug money laundering grandpa evaded

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 04:09 PM

Dec 2015

Calling Francis Ford Coppola! It's a like a never-ending Godfather sequel with these people.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

2. There are a bunch of IP claims, as well

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 04:21 PM

Dec 2015

The Bacardis are more of an interesting situation, but there's going to have be some kind of agreement or "Cuban Claims Act" to put these things to bed for good.