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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Page 110
... Charley Lucky and Vito Genovese- " and we got to get rid of them before we can control anything . ” He talked about some others who had to go too - like Al Capone , Frank Costello , Willie Moretti from Fort Lee , New Jer- sey , Joe ...
... Charley Lucky and Vito Genovese- " and we got to get rid of them before we can control anything . ” He talked about some others who had to go too - like Al Capone , Frank Costello , Willie Moretti from Fort Lee , New Jer- sey , Joe ...
Page 143
... Charley Lucky and Vito to book numbers . So Ciro calls Charley Lucky , and Char- ley says to tell The Dutchman that we are being al- lowed to build up our business in order that they , meaning Ciro and The Dutchman , can take it over ...
... Charley Lucky and Vito to book numbers . So Ciro calls Charley Lucky , and Char- ley says to tell The Dutchman that we are being al- lowed to build up our business in order that they , meaning Ciro and The Dutchman , can take it over ...
Page 186
... Charley . He is in the furniture business , and all the guys with Tony Bender are buying furniture from him , as the price is right . Then he gets in some kind of trouble and Tony lends him around $ 15,000 . Naturally he has to put up ...
... Charley . He is in the furniture business , and all the guys with Tony Bender are buying furniture from him , as the price is right . Then he gets in some kind of trouble and Tony lends him around $ 15,000 . Naturally he has to put up ...
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