 As a result, Connolly was known to have frequent contact with Frank Salemme.In 1990, a 45-person Organized Crime Task Force was initiated by the DEA, Massachusetts State Police, FBI, Internal Revenue Service, Boston Police and U.S. Customs, with the goal of putting Connolly in jail.It was believed that his business operations were "the straw that linked all of Bulger and Flemmi's activities with the LCN."