For two weeks the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations received instructions in the organization of American crime from an experienced crook, Joseph Valachi. The Senators' desire to expand ...

Twenty-five years after Joseph Valachi publicly disclosed the secrets of the Cosa Nostra and despite the conviction of 1,800 mobsters since then, it remains the pre-eminent organized crime group in ...

Peter Maas, who wrote convincingly about crooks and incorruptible cops in such best-selling books as “Serpico,” and “The Valachi Papers,” died Thursday. He was 72. Maas died at Mount Sinai Hospital in ...

is pulp rather than a great film). The narrative is framed by scenes involving an older, imprisoned Valachi, we're yanked back in time to see his rise through the ranks as he earns the trust of older ...

Sentenced to 15 years in prison, former mob "button man" Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) turns informant when he learns top Mafia capo Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura) has put a $100,000 contract out on his ...

Tommasso Buscetta, whose testimony played a major role in last week`s convictions of 20 Sicilian Mafia bosses and killers, will be the star witness when the U.S. Senate Permanent Investigations ...

Of all the abductions, this one is different.