Former Teamsters labor leader Jimmy Hoffa

Hoffa was last seen in July 1975 at a restaurant in Oakland County's Bloomfield Township.

Since the search began at a horse farm in Milford Township, about 55 km from Detroit, investigators have brought in earth-moving equipment, cadaver-sniffing dogs and anthropologists and archaeologists from Michigan State University.

On the day he disappeared, Hoffa was supposed to meet with New Jersey Teamsters boss and Mafia figure Anthony Provenzano and Detroit Mafia captain Anthony Giacalone at the Machus Red Fox Restaurant, about 30 km from the farm.

No trace of Hoffa has ever been found. Investigators have long suspected that he was killed by the mob to keep him from reclaiming the presidency of the Teamsters after he got out of prison for corruption.

The Japan Times Weekly: May 27, 2006
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