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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... death . Valachi lived in this world for more than thirty years without breaking its blood oath of allegiance - and silence . The circumstances that eventually caused him to do so be- gan in Atlanta . For weeks he had led a terror ...
... death . Valachi lived in this world for more than thirty years without breaking its blood oath of allegiance - and silence . The circumstances that eventually caused him to do so be- gan in Atlanta . For weeks he had led a terror ...
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... death is the penalty for talking about the Cosa Nostra or violating another member's wife , but he goes over it again any- way . He tells us now that death is the penalty for telling wives anything about the outfit and also that an ...
... death is the penalty for talking about the Cosa Nostra or violating another member's wife , but he goes over it again any- way . He tells us now that death is the penalty for telling wives anything about the outfit and also that an ...
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... death " given Valachi by Genovese , 28 , 273 LaGuardia , Fiorello H. , 130 Landi , P. Vincent , 14 Lansky , Meyer , 115 , 120 , 143 Lanza , James , 254 LaPluma , Frank , 75 , 78 LaSalle , Stephano , 133 LaSalle , Vito , 133 LaTempa ...
... death " given Valachi by Genovese , 28 , 273 LaGuardia , Fiorello H. , 130 Landi , P. Vincent , 14 Lansky , Meyer , 115 , 120 , 143 Lanza , James , 254 LaPluma , Frank , 75 , 78 LaSalle , Stephano , 133 LaSalle , Vito , 133 LaTempa ...
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