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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... turned and started to run away , so I ran back to the guy on the ground . With all the blood , who could tell who ... turning point . " Valachi , " he says , " has no real remorse Guards within physical reach of prisoners do not carry ...
... turned and started to run away , so I ran back to the guy on the ground . With all the blood , who could tell who ... turning point . " Valachi , " he says , " has no real remorse Guards within physical reach of prisoners do not carry ...
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... turned against him . In return for their promise to have Masseria killed , Maranzano agreed to halt the war . Masseria literally never knew what hit him . He was in- vited by Luciano to dine one afternoon in a Coney Island restaurant ...
... turned against him . In return for their promise to have Masseria killed , Maranzano agreed to halt the war . Masseria literally never knew what hit him . He was in- vited by Luciano to dine one afternoon in a Coney Island restaurant ...
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... turned over the supervision of his jukeboxes to Joseph Pagano . When he realized that Pagano was taking a bit too much income for himself , he canceled the arrangement and placed a " kid named Sally , " who had been servicing the ...
... turned over the supervision of his jukeboxes to Joseph Pagano . When he realized that Pagano was taking a bit too much income for himself , he canceled the arrangement and placed a " kid named Sally , " who had been servicing the ...
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