The Pizza Connection: Lawyers, Money, Drugs, Mafia
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.67 (742 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1555840272 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 442 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
Language | : | English |
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cathy brachman said Five Stars. Great book and transaction. Excellent I love mob books and this one doesn't dissappoint. Must have for the mob book lover.. J. Rodeck said Hey Rocko! Give me a break already!!. "Then comes a 'major meeting' attended by Ganci and Joe Lamberti, Amato and Bonventre, Castronovo, Mazzurco, Ligammarie, Frank Pollizi ." Hey Rocko! Give me a break already!!There's lots to admire in *The Pizza Connection.* Mainly, the workings of crime family armies from Sicily and the dynamics of high level trial lawyering. The story is told with style, wit and pithy soundbytes. The problem is the author is like the college professor who has to tell you everything he k
government against 22 Mafia defendants accused of a $1.65 billion heroin-smuggling & money-laundering conspiracy that stretched from Sicily to Brooklyn to Brazil to a chain of pizzerias. A behind-the-scenes tour of the longest-running criminal trial ever to be held in a federal court -- the so-called Pizza Connection trial, which pitted the full resources of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY & the "invisible maestro" of the entire prosecution.. What happens when the stakes are so high that truth & justice take second place in the heat to win? The roster o