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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... months . This is how it worked . At the reformatory I wouldn't get any time off for good behavior . But my sentence at Sing Sing would be one year and three months to two years and six months . With time off I will only do eleven months ...
... months . This is how it worked . At the reformatory I wouldn't get any time off for good behavior . But my sentence at Sing Sing would be one year and three months to two years and six months . With time off I will only do eleven months ...
Page 153
... months in 1933 , presumably liked what he found , and skipped back there in 1937 . According to Valachi , Genovese told him in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta that he had taken $ 750,000 with him when he fled to Italy . The figure ...
... months in 1933 , presumably liked what he found , and skipped back there in 1937 . According to Valachi , Genovese told him in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta that he had taken $ 750,000 with him when he fled to Italy . The figure ...
Page 261
... months he had a falling out with the girl and headed upstate , stopping in the village of Wingdale , near the Connecticut border . He remained there for another month , then bought a trailer and went into Connecticut . Valachi vaguely ...
... months he had a falling out with the girl and headed upstate , stopping in the village of Wingdale , near the Connecticut border . He remained there for another month , then bought a trailer and went into Connecticut . Valachi vaguely ...
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