Mafia Takedown

The Incredible True Story of the FBI Agent Who Devastated the New York Mob

Mike Campi

• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781510783171
• Edition: 0
• Subtopic: Law Theory & Practice

The true story of FBI agent Mike Campi who led some of the most relentless and successful attacks on organized crime in American history. A unique and unexpected set of circumstances caused former FBI agent Mike Campi to finally step forward and reveal himself.The result is this tour de force, which details his years operating deeply in the trenches to devastate the mafia.You will learn how he took down a staggering array of mob bosses, underbosses, consiglieri, capos, soldiers, and other legends from all five New York crime families. He takes you inside his investigative, critical, make-or-break moments, which he navigated to achieve astonishing success.Along the way, he provides you with insight into the external and internal forces often working to undermine him.And he lifts the curtain to reveal the untold treachery and hypocrisy underlying the real American mafia, as illustrated by the words of one crime boss who was recorded by Mike describing his underlings: " They're suckers—we just use them." Mafia Takedown, to be released on the anniversary of the infamous November 14, 1957, Apalachin meeting of top mafia leaders from the US and Italy, is chock-filled with an array of stunning facts and truths.A sample includes: the Catholic priest who fled America to save his life from the mob; mafia members recorded describing in their own words their innermost secrets; how Mike and federal prosecutors obtained the boss of all bosses Vincent "the Chin" Gigante's courthouse confession that his legendary crazy act was a fraud all along; what the Chin said when America was attacked on September 11, 2001; and the explosive, dark secret that almost undermined one of the most important undercover operations in the history of law enforcement. You'll learn so much more: such as how and why the most important undercover mafioso in history wanted to work with Mike, and only with Mike; and how the Chin was only months away from escaping justice entirely. For fans of organized crime, of true crime, or simply of engaging and enjoyable stories—this book is an absolute must read.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Disclaimer and Notes
• Foreword
• Preface: How and Why This Book Came to Be
• Cast of Characters
• CHAPTER ONE: THE REAL AMERICAN MAFIA
• CHAPTER TWO: THE MAFIA’S ORIGINS AND HISTORY: HYPOCRISY, TREACHERY, AND DECEIT
• CHAPTER THREE: THE ODDFATHER
• CHAPTER FOUR: BEGINNING THE FBI CAREER
• CHAPTER FIVE: FIRST CRIPPLING BLOW TO THE GENOVESE
• CHAPTER SIX: COOKIE
• CHAPTER SEVEN: COOKIE BECOMES DIMPLES
• CHAPTER EIGHT: EMBEDDED WITH THE GENOVESE
• CHAPTER NINE: CONTINUING TO QUIETLY DEVASTATE THE GENOVESE
• CHAPTER TEN: INMATE PANIC
• CHAPTER ELEVEN: FLIPPING GEORGE BARONE—THE FIRST GENOVESE MADE GUY SINCE VALACHI
• CHAPTER TWELVE: DOG EAT DOG? . . . “DOG KILL DOG.”
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN: CONCLUSIVELY ENDING THE CHIN’S ACT / SEPTEMBER 11
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN: TRIALS AND CONVICTIONS
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN: FIRST SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN: LOYALTY VERSUS HYPOCRISY
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: CLEAR VIOLATIONS OF OMERTÀ
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: SECOND SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM
• CHAPTER NINETEEN: COMING FULL CIRCLE
• CHAPTER TWENTY: A KID FROM JERSEY
• Afterword
• Appendix A: Nelson A. Boxer Letter
• Appendix B: Kenneth N. Feldmen Letter
• Acknowledgments
• Plates