392: Joaquin "Jack" Garcia | Undercover in the Mafia Part One
The Jordan Harbinger Show
Jordan Harbinger
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🗓️ 17 August 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Joaquin "Jack" Garcia is the former undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the Gambino crime family of Cosa Nostra in New York for nearly three years, resulting in the arrest and conviction of 35 mobsters -- as revealed in his book Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family. This is part one of a two-part episode; part two drops later this week!
What We Discuss with Joaquin "Jack" Garcia:- How Jack managed to survive undercover posing as a mobster in the Gambino crime syndicate of La Cosa Nostra for nearly three years.
- The tells of organized crime: how wise guys generally know who's legit and who's not.
- Mob culture and the rules that govern the always-upward flow of money.
- How Jack became so trusted by the highest levels of the organization that they offered him the chance to be a "made" man.
- How Jack's work led to the arrest and conviction of 35 mobsters -- including the top members of the post-John Gotti Gambino crime family.
- And much more...
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on the Jordan Harbinger Show. |
| 0:02.8 | If you're making money in the mob, money flows up. |
| 0:06.4 | If you are somehow in the family, if you're on record with them as an associate or even if you're a made guy, |
| 0:12.6 | you have to kick up money up. |
| 0:14.9 | Money always flows up. |
| 0:16.6 | Never does a flow down. |
| 0:22.6 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:23.5 | I'm Jordan Harbinger. |
| 0:24.5 | On the Jordan Harbinger Show, we decode the stories, secrets, and skills of the world's most fascinating people. |
| 0:30.3 | If you're new to the show, we have in-depth conversations with people at the top of their game, astronauts and entrepreneurs, |
| 0:36.3 | spies and psychologists, even the occasional billionaire investor. |
| 0:40.1 | Each show turns our guest wisdom into practical advice that you can use to build a deeper understanding of how the world works and become a better critical thinker. |
| 0:48.3 | Today, Joaquin aka Jack Garcia, former FBI agent who went undercover with the Italian Mafia, namely the Gambino Crime Family. |
| 0:57.0 | Jack was in so deep he was almost a made man and had the trust of gangsters at some of the highest levels of the organization. |
| 1:03.7 | On this episode, we'll learn how Jack managed to pose as a mobster even though he was Cuban and not Italian, |
| 1:08.7 | including some of the tales that the Mafia uses to figure out whose legit and whose not. |
| 1:13.5 | We'll also talk a lot about how the Mafia works. |
| 1:15.7 | Who gets paid and how, Mafia culture and rules, and how Jack took down dozens of gangsters during his time undercover. |
| 1:23.9 | Jack credits a lot of his success undercover to his people skills and you'll pick up some of that in a free course, |
| 1:29.1 | six minute networking over at jordanharbinger.com slash course. |
| 1:33.3 | No upsells, no enter your credit card crap, just good learning, and that's at jordanharbinger.com slash course. |
| 1:39.1 | Now here's Jack Garcia on the Jordan Harbinger Show. |
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