Strippergate (Seattle)

For other uses, see Strippergate (disambiguation).

Strippergate is the name of two separate government scandals and criminal investigations on the West Coast both involving strip clubs and organized crime.

The 2003 scandal involving zoning laws and connections between strip clubs and organized crime. The investigation encompassed a strip club proprietor who made questionable contributions to city council members in Seattle, Albert Rosellini, a former governor and businessman, and a range of people in both Pierce and King counties in Washington state. As of March 13, 2006 a multi-agency task force has begun into racketeering, corruption, murder and organized crime activity in Washington state’s King and Pierce Counties.

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