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Gerald Capeci (pronounced) is an American journalist and author who specializes in coverage of the Five Mafia crime families of New York City. Capeci has been described by news organizations, such as CNN and BBC , as an expert on the American Mafia .
Jerry Capeci, a journalist and Mafia expert who was at Umbertos shortly after the shooting as a young reporter for the New York Post, later wrote if he were "forced to make a choice" about who shot Gallo, Sheeran was the most likely culprit. [45]
The group originated from the Kourakos clan, a Greek criminal organization led by Maniot Greek Peter Kourakos.. In the 1980s, under the leadership of Spyredon "Spiro" Velentzas (also known as Spyridon), the organization rose to prominence controlling a number of illegal gambling operations in the New York City area.
In July 2014, Jerry Capeci reported that Vic Amuso remains the official boss while Crea serves as acting boss. [20] When the US attorneys office in Manhattan arrested him in 2017, they alleged he was the underboss of the family.
Gotti is a 1996 American crime drama television film directed by Robert Harmon and written by Steve Shagan, based in part on the 1996 non-fiction book Gotti: Rise and Fall by Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain.
In November 1997, author Jerry Capeci reported that Casso, now a government witness, revealed that the plotters selected Genovese associate Herbert Pate to kill Gotti with an improvised explosive device (IED).
Gotti: The Rise & Fall by Jerry Capeci in 1996, ISBN 0-451-40681-8 Mafia Dynasty: The Rise & Fall of the Gambino Crime Family by John H. Davis in 1994, ISBN 0-06-109184-7 Goombata: The Improbable Rise and Fall of John Gotti and His Gang by John Cummings and Ernest Volkman
William Cutolo (June 6, 1949 – May 26, 1999), also known as "Billy Fingers" and "Wild Bill", was an Italian-American mobster in the Colombo crime family of New York City who rose to the position of underboss and was heavily involved in labor racketeering.