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 162
You loan out $ 1,000 and the guy is supposed to pay back $ 100 a week for
twelve weeks . The $ 200 you make is the vigorish . Figure it another way . For
every $ 5 you lend out a week , you get back $ 6 . How did I start ? Well , you
make one ...
You loan out $ 1,000 and the guy is supposed to pay back $ 100 a week for
twelve weeks . The $ 200 you make is the vigorish . Figure it another way . For
every $ 5 you lend out a week , you get back $ 6 . How did I start ? Well , you
make one ...
Page 170
All of a sudden he asked if I could let him pass for a couple of weeks . Well , when
these two weeks are up , he asks me to let him ride for another week . Now I go
up to see him and I ask , “ Matty , what's the matters " and he explains that he is ...
All of a sudden he asked if I could let him pass for a couple of weeks . Well , when
these two weeks are up , he asks me to let him ride for another week . Now I go
up to see him and I ask , “ Matty , what's the matters " and he explains that he is ...
Page 260
Its market value previously had been determined by taking the average revenue
for a week , multiplying it by twenty , and adding the depreciated cost of the
machines ; now the multiple was fifty . Besides his loan - shark activity , he also
joined ...
Its market value previously had been determined by taking the average revenue
for a week , multiplying it by twenty , and adding the depreciated cost of the
machines ; now the multiple was fifty . Besides his loan - shark activity , he also
joined ...
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| Title | The Valachi Papers Bantam books |
| Author | Peter Maas |
| Edition | 9, revised |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1968 |
| ISBN | 067163173X, 9780671631734 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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