The Valachi PapersThe First Inside Account of the Mafia In the 1960s a disgruntled soldier in New York's Genovese Crime Family decided to spill his guts. His name was Joseph Valachi. Daring to break the Mob's code of silence for the first time, Valachi detailed the organization of organized crimefrom the capos, or bosses, of every Family, to the hit men who "clipped" rivals and turncoats. With a phenomenal memory for names, dates, addresses, phone numbers -- and where the bodies were buried -- Joe Valachi provided the chilling facts that led to the arrest and conviction of America's major crime figures. The rest is history. Never again would the Mob be protected by secrecy. For the Mafia, Valachi's name would become synonymous with betrayal. But his stunning exposÉ . broke the back of America's Cosa Nostra and stands I today as the classic about America's Mob, a fascinat ing tale of power and terror, big money, crime ... and murder. |
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... Family , Albert Ana- stasia in the Mangano Family , and Thomas Lucchese in the Gagliano Family . Valachi himself elected to join Maranzano's personal palace guard even though he had entered the Cosa Nostra under the auspices of what was ...
... Family , Albert Ana- stasia in the Mangano Family , and Thomas Lucchese in the Gagliano Family . Valachi himself elected to join Maranzano's personal palace guard even though he had entered the Cosa Nostra under the auspices of what was ...
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... Family funds to help make up for the loss of income . Even in the Accardo Family , however , the command to get out of narcotics triggered a serious breakdown in Cosa Nostra discipline . The temptation for quick profits was too much ...
... Family funds to help make up for the loss of income . Even in the Accardo Family , however , the command to get out of narcotics triggered a serious breakdown in Cosa Nostra discipline . The temptation for quick profits was too much ...
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... Family . He managed , however , to talk his way to freedom by promising to parcel out his rackets , abdicate as Family boss , and retire to a leisurely life in Phoenix . He laid low for almost two years and suddenly came back fighting ...
... Family . He managed , however , to talk his way to freedom by promising to parcel out his rackets , abdicate as Family boss , and retire to a leisurely life in Phoenix . He laid low for almost two years and suddenly came back fighting ...
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