Pistone was an FBI agent for 17 years, from 1969 until he resigned in 1986. The evidence collected by Pistone led to over 200 indictments and over 100 convictions of Mafia members.
Colombo crime family
The Colombo crime family (pronounced ) is the youngest of the "Five Families" that was a large important group in organized crime activities in New York City, United States.
It was during Lucky Luciano's organization of the American Mafia after the Castellammarese War, and the assassinations of Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci was known as the Profaci crime family.
Profaci would rule his family without interruption or challenge until the late 1950s. The family has been torn by three internal wars.
Bonanno crime family
The Bonanno crime family (pronounced ) is one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, and in the United States.
The family was known as the Maranzano crime family until its founder Salvatore Maranzano was murdered in 1931.
Joseph Bonanno was awarded most of Maranzano's operations. Under the leadership of Bonanno between the 1930s and 1960s, the family was one of the most powerful in the country. In the early 1960s, Bonanno tried to kill several leaders of the Commission, but failed.
Bonanno had disappeared from 1964 to 1966. Between 1976 and 1981, the family was spied by an FBI agent calling himself Donnie Brasco, the family became the first of the New York families to be kicked off the Commission.
Lucchese crime family
The Lucchese crime family (pronounced ) is one of the "Five Families" that were key figures organized crime activities in New York City, United States.
The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano Reina serving as boss up until his murder in 1930. It was taken over by Tommy Gagliano during the Castellammarese War, and led by him until his death in 1951.
Known as the Gagliano crime family under Gagliano, was peaceful and low key. The next boss was Tommy Lucchese who served as Gagliano's underboss for over 20 years, who turned the family around to become one of the most powerful families to sit on the Commission. Lucchese teamed up with Gambino crime family boss Carlo Gambino to control organized crime in New York City.
When Lucchese died of a brain tumor in 1967, Carmine Tramunti controlled the family for a short time. He was arrested in 1973 for funding a major heroin network and died five years later. Anthony Corallo then gained control of the family. Co
Spellbound (1945 movie)
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Grethe Ryen
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Ryen died on 5 July 2020 in Oslo, aged 70.
Ali Mirzaei
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Mirzaei died on 18 July 2020 in Tehran, aged 91.
Jope Ruonansuu
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Ruonansuu was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2018. He died on 18 July 2020 in Helsinki from the disease, aged 56.
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Bristol, Tennessee
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California State Capitol
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Blountville, Tennessee
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Hawkins County, Tennessee
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Rogersville, Tennessee
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Olavo de Carvalho
Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho (born 29 April 1947) is a Brazilian polemicist, philosopher, political pundit, former astrologer and journalist.
In the 1980s and 1990s, he become known for writing columns for some of Brazil's major media outlets, such as the newspaper "O Globo". In the 2000s, he began to use personal blogs and social media to convey his strongly conservative and anti-communist ideas.
In 2005, he moved to Richmond, Virginia.
Porte-de-Benauge
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Margaux-Cantenac
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To Live and Die in L.A.
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Bug (2006 movie)
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