Convictions
Subtitle: a prosecutor's battles against Mafia killers, drug kingpins, and Enron thieves
By: by John Kroger.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780374100155
Subjects: Kroger, John; Enron Corp. -- Trials, litigation, etc; Public prosecutors -- United States -- Biography; Mafia trials -- United States
Genres: Biography.
Description: A former federal prosecutor who served on the justice department's Enron task force traces his contributions to high-profile cases involving organized crime leaders, drug kingpins, and other dangerous criminals.
Table of contents: title: The making of a prosecutor; title: The code of silence murders; title: The teddy bear burglary; title: Operation badfellas; title: The human factor; title: The Scarpa crew and the FBI; title: Hitmen; title: A Mafia murder trial; title: How we beat the mob; title: Wiretaps; title: Bushwick; title: Hunting "the puma"; title: The dark side; title: How to win a war on drugs; title: 9/11, emergency response; title: The Enron debacle; title: The Broadband scam; title: Getting away with fraud; title: The Fastow dilemma.