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However, the tides began to turn in the 1950s when the U.S. government intensified its focus on organized crime. The televised hearings investigating the Mafia coincided with noteworthy events that revealed the Mob’s significant influence over American society. These revelations, coupled with the infamous Apalachin Meeting of 1957—where over sixty mobsters were arrested—shook the foundations of organized crime.