DATE: 11i- -14- 2017 - FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59) om 4 a ' , UN;;ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 3._3TICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION —, Copy to: 1 - U. S. Attorney, Miami, Florida Report of: | FRANK J. SMITH | Office: Miami, Florida Date: February 27, 1969 Field Office File #: 162-318 Bureau File #: 162-1244 Title: . DAN. PETERS Character: . ANTI-RACKETEERING - INTERSTATE GAMBLING ACTIVITIES Synopsis: | DAN "DUSTY" PETERS employed in “public relations" capacity {Bahamas Amusement Co., Ltd., Freeport, Grand Bahamas declared "undesirable" by Bahamas Government on 1/27/69.. He will be denied admittance to Bahamas and his relationship with Bahamas Amusement Co., Ltd... severed. Action against PETERS based on PETERS' reported ties to MEYER LANSKY and organized crime | Contacts being identified. pts - PALL INFORMATION CONTALSED | gre Fee HEREIN is CLASSE DETAILS: DATE 423... RESIDENCE AND EMPLOYMENT: : 55-45" 5 G68 re On December 17, 1968, STANLEY R. MOIR, Assistant (SH) Commissioner - Crime, Bahamas Police Force, Nassau, Bahamas,~ advised that a recommendation was being submitted by the Bahamas Police Force to the Bahamas Government that DAN "DUSTY PETERS be declared "undesirable", This action was being taken in view of testimony given before the Royal Commission of Inquiry into gambling reflecting PETERS' reported ties with MEYER LANSKY and members of the organized criminal Fe element. On January 27, 1969, Assistant Commissioner MOIR advised that DAN PETERS had been advised by W. V. GRANGER, Commissioner of Immigation, Bahamas, that he had been found to be "undesirable" and that he would not be admitted to the Bahamas in the future. Commissioner MOIR advised that this ction taken by the Bahamas Government would incl d evering \ This docu Sat contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property o e FBI and is lodrled to. your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. loz—t244y-2G | i nn me enema tl - Sa La 2 eat ee Te TT } Docld:32340119 Page 6
‘Reléased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote; > DATE: 11-14-7017 MM 162-318 PETERS' employment with the Bahamas Amusement Company, Ltd., Freeport, Grand Bahamas. A spot physical surveillance conducted February 18, 1969 revealed that DAN PETERS continues to reside with © his wife at the Seasons Apartments, 5005 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. ACTIVITIES - ASSOCIATES: MM T—~1 advised on November .25, 1968 that DAN PETERS Ib and HERMANY STARK continued to make weekly trips to Freeport, -— Grand Bahamas in connection with employment by the Bahamas Amusement Company and promotion of El Casino and the Monte ‘Carlo casino, Freeport. Informant also advised that PETERS worked closely with Farrell and Braca of New York City in arranging junket flights to the casinos from New York. Informant reported that the continued presence of \ DAN PETERS with the Bahamas Amusement Company indicated to him that members of the MEYER’ LANSKY_organization continued . to exert control over casino gambling in the Freeport area. MM T-2 advised on February 2 and 13, 1969 that considerable speculation was being made by the Miami _ Beach gambling group over the dismissal of DAN’ PETERS from the casinos in Freeport.Source advised that PETERS was probably "double crossed" by the hoodlum element. It was also speculated that PETERS might have been caught in the middle in view of his reported friendship with MIKEXMC. ‘LANEY Fla. who had recently been declared "undesirable" by the Bahamas — Government. as speculated that DAN PETERS' "ouster" by the Bahamas Government was probably action F/\p.. taken by FRANK4RITTER. and MAXfOURTNEY—who at this time may — have reported to authorities concerning DAN PETERS' activities and associations with the organized criminal element. SB foi. MM T-3 advised that it -2- | /o2-12YY-27 | DocId: 32340119 Page 7