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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Finally Valachi and Bobby Doyle asked Vito Genovese for permission to enter the already well - established numbers racket . The policy game , as it is sometimes called , is perhaps the simplest form of mass gambling ever devised .
Finally Valachi and Bobby Doyle asked Vito Genovese for permission to enter the already well - established numbers racket . The policy game , as it is sometimes called , is perhaps the simplest form of mass gambling ever devised .
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Then , when the bets come in the next day , Willie calls and asks for a couple of our bad numbers - the ones with the biggest play on them . You see , he is going to try to lay them off for us so we don't get hit too hard and help pay ...
Then , when the bets come in the next day , Willie calls and asks for a couple of our bad numbers - the ones with the biggest play on them . You see , he is going to try to lay them off for us so we don't get hit too hard and help pay ...
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Besides his loan shark activity , he also joined with another Cosa Nostra soldier in a neat numbers racket scheme . Valachi limited himself to single - action play - bets on one of the three winning digits each day .
Besides his loan shark activity , he also joined with another Cosa Nostra soldier in a neat numbers racket scheme . Valachi limited himself to single - action play - bets on one of the three winning digits each day .
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| Title | The Valachi Papers Bantam books |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Edition | 9, revised |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2007 |
| ISBN | 067163173X, 9780671631734 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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