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Busting the Mob: United States v. Cosa Nostra

NCJ Number
169305
Author(s)
J B Jacobs; C Panarella; J Worthington
Date Published
1994
Length
292 pages
Annotation
This book documents the U.S. law enforcement attack on Cosa Nostra since the late 1970's.
Abstract
Part 1 provides an overview of this attack, providing the reader with a portrait of what occurred during the past 15 years (1978-93). It documents the number of investigations, prosecutions, and convictions; explains the legal tools and organizational strategies that the FBI and Federal prosecutors used; and speculates on why the government's efforts came together at this point in history. Part 2 consists of five chapters, each devoted to one of the following notorious organized crime cases: the Teamsters Local 560 case, the Pizza Connection case, the Commission case, the Teamsters International case, and the John Gotti case. Each chapter in this section consists of an introductory essay and original source materials drawn from the indictment, trial, appeal, or other stages of the litigation. Part 3 consists of a post-1980 bibliography of organized-crime books, articles and prosecutions (362 listings). A subject index