Unraveling the American Mafia
Angelo Lonardo, Carmen Zagaria, and the Beginning of the End in Cleveland
Unraveling the American Mafia
Angelo Lonardo, Carmen Zagaria, and the Beginning of the End in Cleveland
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Description
The shocking true story of the highest-ranking Mafia Boss in history to betray the organization and strike a deal with federal authorities, ending the Mafia's reign.
After his conviction in 1983, Cleveland Mafia Boss Angelo Lonardo became the highest-ranking Mafia Boss to betray his legacy organization and cooperate with federal authorities, aiding in the collapse of the Mafia nationwide. Facing a life-sentence and certain death behind bars, Lonardo's desertion marked the most stunning and consequential turn of state evidence in history.
In Unraveling the American Mafia: Angelo Lonardo, Carmen Zagaria, and the Beginning of the End in Cleveland, Tim Gill reveals how Lonardo was born into the organization, ascended the ranks of the hierarchy, and ultimately burned it all to the ground. As Mafia royalty, he had long-standing knowledge of the crime families in Cleveland, Chicago, Kansas City, Milwaukee, and New York City. His wealth of information on the inner-workings of the Mafia across the country would become central to the destruction of Mafia organizations nationwide.
Drawing from interviews with FBI agents, prosecutors, and the families and associates of the mob, as well as never-before-heard interviews with Carmen Zagaria-the gang leader who climbed the ranks in the chaos of Lonardo's betrayal-Gill unveils the shocking details behind the downfall of not only the Cleveland Mafia, but also the crippling of Mafia leadership throughout America.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Out on the Water
Chapter 2: The Backdrop
Chapter 3: Cleaning Up and Getting to Shore
Chapter 4: Danny Greene and the Cleveland Mafia
Chapter 5: The Lonardo Family and the Evolution of the Cleveland Mafia
Chapter 6: Tommy Sinito and Joe Gallo
Chapter 7: Jimmy Coppola's Moment
Chapter 8: Carmen Zagaria, from Standout Athlete to Underworld Criminal
Chapter 9: Mayor Dennis Kucinich Shuts Out the Mafia
Chapter 10: Keith Ritson, the Contract, and Revenge
Chapter 11: The Fate of Keith Ritson
Chapter 12: Organizational Changes and the Final Demise of the Celtic Club
Chapter 13: Changes of the Season and Hitting Kucinich
Chapter 14: The Drug Enterprise Grows
Chapter 15: Troubles in Florida
Chapter 16: What to Do About Billy Bostic?
Chapter 17: Some Changes, Some Decisions
Chapter 18: Rivals in Town
Chapter 19: Cleveland Goes International
Chapter 20: Any Opportunity
Chapter 21: A Performance for the Times
Chapter 22: A Bigger Catch
Chapter 23: A Cold and Brutal Evening
Chapter 24: Settling Up
Chapter 25: Tommy Sinito Has Another Problem
Chapter 26: Days of Reckoning
Chapter 27: The Rise of Angelo Lonardo and Carmen Zagaria's Next Moves
Chapter 28: Carmen's Decision
Chapter 29: Where the Bodies are Buried
Chapter 30: The Trial
Chapter 31: Angelo Lonardo
Chapter 32: The Three Journeys of Angelo Lonardo
Chapter 33: The Final Days
Chapter 34: The Men Who Were Carmen Zagaria and Jimmy Coppola
Epilogue
Bibliography and Interview Sources
Notes
Index
About the Author
Product details
| Published | 08 Jul 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 9798216384465 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 20 B/W photos |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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