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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... Justice Department . Valachi's televised appearances before a Senate subcommittee headed by Senator McClellan , of ... Justice Department's , word of the project , and my part in it , was carried in newspapers and on radio and television ...
... Justice Department . Valachi's televised appearances before a Senate subcommittee headed by Senator McClellan , of ... Justice Department's , word of the project , and my part in it , was carried in newspapers and on radio and television ...
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... Justice asked the U.S. District Court in Washington to enjoin me from “ dissemi- nating or publishing " the manuscript , and a press release announcing this decision was hand - delivered to the four Con- gressmen who had been in the ...
... Justice asked the U.S. District Court in Washington to enjoin me from “ dissemi- nating or publishing " the manuscript , and a press release announcing this decision was hand - delivered to the four Con- gressmen who had been in the ...
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... Justice Department's ac- tion , “ It was hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys . " But now I had created the opportunity to express my views in open forum - in the court proceedings - for one way or another , despite the prospect ...
... Justice Department's ac- tion , “ It was hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys . " But now I had created the opportunity to express my views in open forum - in the court proceedings - for one way or another , despite the prospect ...
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