Mafia Informants: 19 American Profiles
Hausner, Larry J.,Haggett, Ron
ISBN 10: 1476694281 ISBN 13: 9781476694283
Published by Exposit Books, 2024
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For many years, the FBI, led by J. Edgar Hoover, ignored organized crime, as the Bureau regarded local law enforcement as best equipped to handle it. That changed when Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (in the 1960s) and New York City's Rudy Giuliani (in the 1980s) pursued eradication of the Mafia..
In this book, readers are introduced to several characters in the American Mafia, known as "rats" in the criminal world, whose cooperation with law enforcement resulted in the arrest of Mafia members across the country. Short biographies of each informant detail their crimes and deals made to stay alive or reduce lengthy prison sentences. FBI and CIA records released in 2017, and books written by the criminals themselves, reveal why previously loyal Mafia members and associates became informants. Most of the criminals written about are dead; a few are presumed to be alive and in the witness protection program.
About the Authors:
Larry J. Hausner is a retired businessman living in North Tustin, California. He is the author of eight fiction and two non-fiction books.
Ron Haggett is a retired nurse practitioner who treated cancer patients at the University Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Title: Mafia Informants: 19 American Profiles
Publisher: Exposit Books
Publication Date: 2024
Binding: paperback
Condition: Fine