Mob nemesis
Subtitle: how the FBI crippled organized crime
By: Joe Griffin with Don DeNevi
Contributors: DeNevi, Don, 1937-
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Amherst, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781573929196
Subjects: Police; Officials and employees; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States; Organized crime investigation; Mafia; Biography
Description: "If you've ever seen The Godfather or watched The Sopranos, you might think you know what life is like in the seamy underworld of organized crime. Whether you know them as La Cosa Nostra, the Mafia, or simply the Mob, if you've bought into the glamorous Hollywood depiction of these criminals, you couldn't be more wrong.".

"In Mob Nemesis, former FBI Special Agent and Medal of Valor recipient Joe Griffin and writer/researcher Don DeNevi shatter the myths surrounding Hollywood's version of the Mafia. Here, you'll get the real story from a man who spent his law enforcement career observing the day-to-day behavior of these "instinctual killers," and for whom it was a matter of principle to bring them to justice."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Our first efforts against organized crime; title: The early years; title: Smashing the money sources; title: Magaddino; title: Going after the bosses; title: Another Washington assignment; title: this time we investigate ourselves; title: Cleveland; title: On the inspection trail; title: My return to Cleveland; title: Top notch; title: Jackie Presser; title: code-named ALPRO; title: The end of an era; title: the card shop case.