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	The Dying of the Light: The Joseph Valachi Story
		Valachi's view was not from the top but was more a worm’s eye view, as he was never involved in the corporate decisions that formed its policy.
		Valachi was not the first to disclose the can of worms that most refer to as the Mafia.
		Valachi’s revelations were certainly the biggest single blow against organized crime following the debacle at Apalachin.
	www.crimelibrary.com /gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/valachi/index_1.html (1416 words)

	Joseph Valachi
		Confined to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, Valachi was a cellmate of Genovese, who had become head of the Luciano crime family and, after Luciano's deportation to Italy, according to Valachi, the "boss of bosses" within the Mafia.
		Valachi was terrified and in his terror later mistook a prisoner named Joe Saupp for Joe Beck (Joe DiPalermo), whom he identified as the man assigned to kill him.
		In all it was said that Valachi helped to identify 317 members of the Mafia, and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy called Valachi's testimony "a significant addition to the broad picture" of organized crime.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /mafia/valachi.html (1476 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Peter Maas - The Valachi Papers at Epinions.com
		Valachi's career as a criminal spanned from the late 20s/early 30s as a young thief to the early 60s, when he spilled his guts from jail, when he was running numbers, shylocking, dabbling in heroin (the crime that the authorities nailed him on), and fronting restaurants and a dress factory.
		Valachi deftly keeps his own fingers off the triggers, but tells of the contracts he arranged and the hits he was in on.
		In the early 60s, Valachi was arrested for heroin distribution (something he claims was a frame up job) and sentenced to concurrent terms of fifteen and twenty years in prison.
	www.epinions.com /content_141611142788 (1258 words)

	The American Mafia - Informants
		Valachi had been a veteran of the Castellamarese War that ultimately empowered Charlie Luciano, and he recalled names and dates and places.
		Valachi had been an associate of the Reina/Gagliano Family (he married Tom Reina's daughter Mildred), a soldier in Salvatore Maranzano's personal guard and a soldier in the Luciano/Genovese Family.
		Valachi lived in custody for a decade after turning on the underworld.
	www.onewal.com /maf-info.html (1884 words)

	Joseph Valachi Biography \| World of Criminal Justice
		Joseph Valachi was born in Harlem in 1904 of a poor family.
		Valachi worked within the Mafia (also known as La Cosa Nostra or LCN) and was sworn to silence (also called omerta).
		In 1962 while in prison, believing he was targeted for assassination (for the fourth time), Valachi killed a man he assumed to be his assassin with a two-foot length of pipe.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/joseph-valachi-cri (463 words)

	Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Audio 1:49 min - Before Joseph Valachi came forward in 1962 to inform on the organized crime syndicate of which he was a member, federal authorities had no concrete evidence.
		Before Joseph Valachi came forward in 1962 to inform on the organized crime syndicate of which he was a member, federal authorities had no concrete evidence.
		On March 17, 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy appeared before the Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago to discuss the continuing threat of communism, and to defend.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=204632 (770 words)

	Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - Allan May's Mob Report current mob stuff
		Valachi, a soldier in the Genovese Family, claims he was given the "kiss of death" in 1962 by Vito Genovese, his boss and onetime cell-mate at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, where both were serving sentences for narcotics convictions.
		Valachi claims that Buster is present and speaks to him at the ceremony indicating that at age 23 Buster is already a made-member of the Mafia.
		Valachi created the persona to cover up the fact that he was one of the shooters in the Ferrigno/Mineo murders and in the killing of Joseph Catania.
	www.americanmafia.com /Mob_Report/6-10-02_Mob_Report.html (5063 words)

	The Legacy of Joe Valachi
		In 1963, Joseph Valachi appeared as the star witness before a government inquiry into the mob, it was generally referred to as "The McClellan Committee" because Democratic Senator John L. McClellan chaired it.
		Valachi came across to the committee as a man who displayed little remorse for the crimes he had carried out.
		Valachi attempted suicide by trying to hang himself in a shower; he was eventually transferred to a federal penitentiary in Texas.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/organized_crime/70466/1 (513 words)

	Federal Bureau of Investigation - Organized Crime - Italian Organized Crime - Overview
		The murder of faction leader Joseph Masseria brought an end to the gang warfare, and the two groups united to form the organization now dubbed La Cosa Nostra.
		Recruited by FBI agents, Valachi revealed to a U.S. Senate committee numerous secrets of the organization, including its name, structure, power bases, codes, swearing-in ceremony, and members of the organization.
		About this time, Joseph Valachi, a “made man,” was sent to the same prison as Genovese on a narcotics conviction.
	www.fbi.gov /hq/cid/orgcrime/lcnindex.htm (3502 words)

	The Valachi Papers
		The real life Joseph Valachi was an actual mafia big-wig and no one involved in making the film wanted to wake up next to a horses head because of the production.
		Told in flashback by Valachi (played with a wonderful sense of menace by Charles Bronson), the film details his story to a U.S. Federal about his work in the underworld between the years of 1929 and 1961.
		Meandering subplots and mediocre supporting actors aside, The Valachi Papers hits you with a great performance from Bronson in a tough as nails role he was born to play and some great camerawork to pull you into the story.
	www.dvdmaniacs.net /Reviews/U-Z/valachi_papers.html (591 words)

	Joe Valachi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Another Mafia informer, Vincent Teresa, later confined with Valachi, came to like him but said he was a small-timer and a mob gofer.
		Perhaps a better illustration of the fact that Valachi was not highly though of in the Mafia was revealed by some of his own testimony which was not reported in The Valachi Papers.
		On balance, there can be no doubt that Valachi's testimony, supplemented by "The Valachi Papers, had a devastating effect on the Mafia.
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	DVD: The Valachi Papers $13.38 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The movie focuses on Jое Valachi who was the first of the Mafia informants and set the stage for others to follow.
		It is a must see for anyone interested in the history оf organized crime from its very beginning on to the beginning of their decline.
		From thievery and extortion tо vengeance and murder, Valachi spills the innermost wоrкings of the Cosa Nostra, culminating in his riveting testimony before a Sеnаtе subcommittee on organized crime.
	www.liveactiondvd.info /good42303030425830565447.html (871 words)

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		Valachi, the first man to violate the Cosa Nostra (loosely translated, "this thing of ours") oath of silence, was one of the Mafia's most loyal "sol- diers," a man who had once given a blood pledge to "live by the gun and knife and die by the gun and knife." He came close.
		Joseph Valachi was the very epitome of the cold, seasoned criminal.
		Peter Maas was the first to break the Valachi story—and the only journalist permitted to interview him in his maximum security cell, where he was being shielded from Cosa Nostra vengeance.
	romahawk.com /cgi-bin/ua/item.pl?item=24067 (606 words)

	Century in Review
		Millionaire mob associate Joseph Watts (left) ends the century in federal prison but the former close pal of three successive Gambino bosses was a big winner with his relatives in 1999.
		A bank fraud case against his ex-wife, her mother, and their lawyer was thrown out, and Watts got a free ride on another federal rap.
		Joseph Bonanno: His autobiography, A Man Of Honor, mostly self serving drivel, got him hauled before a federal grand jury and helped inspire the 1985 historic racketeering case against the Mafia's ruling Commission whose innerworkings Bonanno detailed in his book.
	www.ganglandnews.com /column158.htm (1671 words)

	Amazon.com: The Valachi Papers: Books: Peter Maas (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On the other hand, Valachi was a "made member" of what he called Cosa Nostra for over thirty years and his criminal career dated to the 1920's.
		Valachi was there from the beginning, he was in fact a made man in order to swell the ranks in preparation for the war that essentially created the cosa nostra as we know it.
		At times you wonder if Valachi was just some crazy man that made everything up and was an avid reader of crimes (a la the Benet confessor, John Mark Karr), but the detail is way too in depth.
	www.amazon.com /Valachi-Papers-Peter-Maas/dp/0399108327 (1721 words)

	MobNews - Powered By Bloglines
		Anthony Colombo, son of slain Mafia boss Joseph Colombo, wants prosecutors to avoid mention of the Colombo Crime Family during his upcoming racketeering trial, according to a story by Kati Cornell of the New York Post.
		Of New York's five major Mafia organizations, only the Colombo group is referred to by a name different than that used during Joseph Valachi's revelations of the early 1960s.
		Joseph Colombo took over the family, with support from de facto boss of bosses Carlo Gambino, near the end of 1963.
	www.bloglines.com /blog/TomHunt/2006_11_30 (1061 words)

	DVD News : The Valachi Papers
		Based on a 'tell-all' novel that claims to be based on actual mob history by Peter Maas, The Valachi Papers, interestingly enough, had to be filmed in Italy for fear of mafia intervention on American soil.
		The real life Joseph Valachi, upon whom the stories in this film are centered around, was an actual mafia big-wig and no one involved in making the film wanted to wake up next to a horses head because of their commitment to the production.
		Told in flashback by Valachi (played with a wonderful sense of menace by Charles Bronson), and book-ended by his time in custody, the film details his story to a U.S. Federal Agent about his work in the underworld between the years of 1929 and 1961.
	dvdsearcher.net /archives/cat_thevalachipapers.html (150 words)

	The Valachi Papers featuring Charles Bronson & Lino Ventura Movie and DVD page on ARTISTdirect
		The Valachi Papers is a flawed but interesting relic from the pre-Death Wish era of Charles Bronson's stardom.
		Stephen Geller's script tries to cram several decades' worth of events into a two-hour film and this is both a blessing and a curse: the non-stop flow of shootings and double-crosses is never dull but the speed with which it is delivered ensures that it lacks depth and characterization.
		Ultimately, The Valachi Papers falls short of being a mob-movie classic, but its combination of plentiful action and Bronson's strong performance make it worth a look for hardcore genre fans.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/movies/title/0,,1876594,00.html (415 words)

	Finding Aid to the Personal Papers of Joseph Valachi (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1964, Joseph Valachi was asked by the Department of Justice to write an account of his experiences in organized crime.
		The papers of Joseph Valachi consist of his manuscript entitled The Real Thing: The Expose and Inside Doings of Cosa Nostra, and several items of correspondence between Valachi and Peter Maas.
		They mainly consist of a manuscript which describes the beginnings of Valachi's life of crime and his experiences as a member of Cosa Nostra, commonly known as the Mafia.
	www.cs.umb.edu /~rwhealan/jfk/fa_valachi.html (519 words)

	JFK EXHIBIT F-635 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		DiLorenzo believes Valachi is going to scramble up a lot of people because he is speaking so freely.
		Chieco suggests Valachi should have been killed years ago, for having an affair with his sister-in-law Masiello says it is bad enough he mentions all those names but he should not have mentioned how a guy is made, how a guy is proposed, because those are things you die with.
		They both hope that Valachi cracks up because then everything can be charged off to his insanity.
	mcadams.posc.mu.edu /russ/jfkinfo2/jfk5/f635.htm (264 words)

	Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - Testimony of Joseph D. Pistone
		Chairman, it is a pleasure to be here today to testify on the current status of organized crime in the United States, 25 years after the historic testimony of Joseph Valachi before this same Subcommittee.
		As you know, my name is Joseph D. Pistone, although for almost 6 years I was better known on the streets of New York City as Donnie Brasco, in my capacity as an undercover agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
		I believe that they may be useful in the Senate's understanding of how this organization has matured since Valachi first publicly exposed it in 1963, as well as helpful in explaining how it has survived the persistent efforts of law enforcement to eradicate it.
	www.americanmafia.com /Pistone_Testimony.html (7064 words)

	Joseph Bonanno - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Along with his friend Peter Maggadino he joined an anti-fascist student group.
		Gaetano Gagliano from another gang allied with and strongly supported the Castellammarese cause as did the Buffalo, New York Castellammarese led by Stefano Magaddino the uncle of Peter Maggadino, (Joseph's old boyhood friend from his student days in Palermo).
		The Bonanno loyalists were starting to see victory when Bonanno suffered a heart attack.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Bonanno (2019 words)

	Volume IX
		In 1969,, Joseph M. Valachi was a prisoner in the Federal correctional institution in Atlanta, Ga., serving concurrent terms of 15 to 20 years for narcotics violations.
		Valachi not only began to divulge his extensive knowledge of the organization to which he belonged, but also indicated he might be willing to give public testimony.
		He claimed, "Valachi hasn't done a decent thing since he was born, and never did a good thing in his life." LaRocca, in fact, departed for Florida on October 10, 1963.
	mcadams.posc.mu.edu /russ/jfkinfo/jfk9/hscv9a.htm (20753 words)

	Comedy Central: Movies - The Valachi Papers - Plot Summary
		That book, in turn, is based on prison conversations and the actual U.S. Senate testimony of Joseph Valachi, a high-ranking figure in the Mafia.
		This film had to be made in Italy, because attempts to shoot in the U.S. were stymied by mob-arranged "accidents" and protests.
		The story is told in flashback as Valachi (Charles Bronson) tells a Federal agent about his activities from 1929 to 1961, when he worked for the Capo of Capos, Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura).
	www.comedycentral.com /movies/movie/78277/plot.jhtml (191 words)

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