Mob Nemesis

by GRIFFIN, JOEDENEVI, DON

• ISBN13: 9781573929196
• ISBN10: 1573929190
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

Forget Hollywood's version of the Mafia; this is the real inside story from a man who observed the day-by-day behaviour of these 'instinctual killers' and for whom 'it was a matter of principle to destroy them'. FBI Medal of Valour recipient Joe Griffin, with the help of writer/researcher Don DeNevi, provides intimate details of mob intrigue, drug deals, gambling rings, hits, bloody gangland wars, and even a plot to plant a 'mole' in the Cleveland FBI office. All the more fascinating because it's true, Mob Nemesis is an engrossing story of the underworld from a man who took them on and won.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(2)
Introduction	11	(8)
G. Robert Blakey
Foreword	19	(4)
Patrick M. McLaughlin
A Few Words about Joe Griffin and His Book	23	(4)
Don DeNevi
Our First Efforts against Organized Crime	27	(16)
The Early Years	43	(22)
Smashing the Money Sources	65	(34)
Magaddino	99	(12)
Going After the Bosses	111	(34)
Another Washington Assignment--This Time We Investigate Ourselves	145	(19)
Cleveland	164	(45)
On the Inspection Trail	209	(4)
My Return to Cleveland	213	(62)
Top Notch	275	(26)
Jackie Presser--Code-Named ALPRO	301	(16)
The End of an Era--The Card Shop Case	317	(4)
Epilogue	321	(12)
Glossary	333