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allegedly ordered the murder of mobster Steven Franse. Genovese had given Franse the task of supervising his wife Anna while he hid in Italy. Outraged over Anna's potential love affairs and her lawsuit against him, Genovese ordered
Valachi to set up Franse's murder. On June 18, 1953, Valachi lured
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over control of operations in the United States. Reina was assassinated after he had switched allegiances from
Masseria to Maranzano. Valachi fought as part of the Reina family on the side of Maranzano, which eventually emerged victorious after Masseria's assassination on April 15, 1931. Maranzano
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Valachi was convicted of narcotics violations in 1959 and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Valachi's motivations for becoming an informer had been the subject of some debate: Valachi claimed to be testifying as a public service and to expose a powerful criminal organization that he had blamed for
404:("boss of all bosses") in the Italian-American Mafia, and Valachi became one of his bodyguards. That position was short-lived, as Maranzano himself was assassinated five months after the end of the Castellammarese War by a coalition of his subordinates, led by
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became his protector and later stated, "We'd put dark glasses and wigs on him and take him to the Roma restaurant. He was a hell of a guy.... My days with
Valachi convinced me that the Cosa Nostra was the most overrated thing since the
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burglaries and escaping within a minute. Valachi was the driver for the gang, and his ability to make a quick getaway earned him a reputation as a rising star in the New York City criminal underworld. In 1921, Valachi was arrested on
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Justice Department first encouraged and then blocked publication of Valachi's memoirs, a biography, heavily influenced by the memoirs as well as interviews with Valachi, was written by journalist
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1000:"The rat who started it all; For 40 years, Joe Valachi has been in a Lewiston cemetery, a quiet end for the mobster who blew the lid off 'Cosa Nostra' when he testified before Congress in 1963"
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but was released after he had served only nine months. Valachi returned to discover he had been replaced with a new driver by the
Minutemen and so he formed a new burglary gang.
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charges, and in 1923, he was arrested in the aftermath of a botched robbery. He pleaded guilty to attempted burglary and was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment at
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were in prison together, he murdered an inmate he thought was a hitman sent by
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an inmate to death whom he had mistaken for Joseph DiPalermo, a Mafia member whom he believed had been contracted to kill him. After time with
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Valachi was convicted of drug trafficking in 1959, and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. In 1962 while he and
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Franse to his restaurant in the Bronx, where Franse was strangled to death by
Pasquale Pagano and Fiore Siano (Valachi's nephew).
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The
Everything Mafia Book: True-life accounts of legendary figures, infamous crime families, and nefarious deeds
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and government witness, and the next year testified before a
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599:, 1972 film based on the book; Valachi is portrayed by
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Michele Vaccaro, Joe Valachi, il "primo pentito", in
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Valachi and Genovese were both serving sentences for
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1170:. Long Beach, California. April 4, 1971. p. 2.
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741:The Two Mafias: a transatlantic history, 1888-2008
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1126:. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 135–136.
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1299:The Dying of the Light: The Joseph Valachi Story
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948:. Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media. pp.
917:Mafia Wiseguys: The Mob That Took on the Feds
743:. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 123.
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277:committee in what became known as the
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1002:. buffalonews.com. October 9, 2011.
973:Kelly, G. Milton (October 1, 1963).
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1308:, febbraio 2014, anno X, n. 100.
1025:Adam Bernstein (June 14, 2006).
538:, forming the basis for a later
252:who was the first member of the
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798:. State Archives of Avellino
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27:American mobster (1904–1971)
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874:"History of La Cosa Nostra"
317:. His father was a violent
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1168:Independent Press-Telegram
1096:""The Smell of It" - TIME"
1064:"Killers in Prison - TIME"
944:Dietche, Scott M. (2009).
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2375:Atlantic City Conference
2026:Relation to other groups
1198:"Valachi buried Upstate"
739:Lupo, Salvatore (2015).
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412:, in the crew headed by
2574:People from East Harlem
2569:Criminals from Brooklyn
1253:"Director commentary".
915:Rudolf, Robert (1993).
568:Niagara Falls, New York
469:U.S. Justice Department
406:Charles "Lucky" Luciano
2433:Anastasia crime family
2428:Las Vegas crime family
1983:Mafia Commission Trial
1885:Greenwich Village Crew
566:. Marie K. Jackson of
540:film of the same title
355:Italian-American Mafia
254:Italian-American Mafia
242:Joseph Michael Valachi
145:Italian-American Mafia
69:Joseph Michael Valachi
2564:Genovese crime family
2438:Gagliano crime family
1343:Genovese crime family
1255:The Godfather Part II
1122:Raab, Selwyn (2005).
1057:"Killers in Prison",
611:The Godfather Part II
546:in the titular role.
359:In 1930, Valachi was
250:Genovese crime family
227:15 years imprisonment
198:Genovese crime family
2594:Inmates of Sing Sing
2448:Luciano crime family
2443:Profaci crime family
2132:Murder, Incorporated
1240:historiclewiston.org
1143:, January 17, 1969.
1093:, October 11, 1963.
606:Francis Ford Coppola
522:history of the Mafia
401:capo di tutti i capi
2396:Castellammarese War
2065:The Bugs-Meyer gang
2060:Philadelphia family
2012:Castellammarese War
1895:Springfield faction
1611:Federico Giovanelli
1301:by Thomas L. Jones.
1137:His Life and Crimes
1089:"The Smell of It",
1061:, October 4, 1963.
1032:The Washington Post
648:Godfather of Harlem
398:proclaimed himself
395:Salvatore Maranzano
387:Castellammarese War
371:. He soon became a
313:, in the region of
287:federal authorities
2287:Aniello Dellacroce
1943:Kefauver Committee
1890:New Jersey faction
1866:Factions and crews
1716:Rudolph Santobello
1681:Anthony Provenzano
1661:Joseph Luco Pagano
1641:Carlo Mastrototaro
1531:Dominick Canterino
1463:Alphonse Malangone
1367:Vincenzo Terranova
1203:The New York Times
1147:July 13, 2012, at
979:Warsaw Times-Union
703:The Valachi Papers
596:The Valachi Papers
585:The Valachi Papers
578:In popular culture
572:Lewiston, New York
535:The Valachi Papers
473:William G. Hundley
446:heroin trafficking
115:Lewiston, New York
79:September 22, 1904
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1686:Nunzio Provenzano
1616:Matthew Ianniello
1372:Giuseppe Masseria
959:978-1-59869-779-7
930:978-1-56171-195-6
750:978-1-137-49135-0
713:978-0-671-63173-4
489:John L. McClellan
439:life imprisonment
428:Federal testimony
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1551:Michael Clemente
1546:Dominick Cirillo
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620:Frank Pentangeli
616:Michael Corleone
501:Valachi hearings
309:immigrants from
279:Valachi hearings
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1721:Saverio Santora
1711:Anthony Salerno
1646:Michele Miranda
1556:Michael Coppola
1536:Anthony Carfano
1521:Richard Boiardo
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1397:Vincent Gigante
1392:Philip Lombardo
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588:, 1968 book by
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507:, breaking his
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478:Communist Party
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1911:Broadway Mob
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1817:Angelo Ponte
1812:Jack Molinas
1802:Meyer Lansky
1746:Frankie Yale
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1626:Joseph Lanza
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1487:Past members
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