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It's fascinating because there's for so long now in the mafia been this code of silence where people inside the mob were told specifically,

do not speak to the police quite obviously. But it seems to me that in the past couple of decades you've had more and more people come out willing to speak to the law enforcement and authorities in return for honesty.

It's one of the biggest mob buss in years. More than 40 suspected mob members were arrested in a massive bus that spanned five states allegedly involving four major New York City crime families.

They were involved in casino style clubs, credit card fraud, health care fraud, firearms tracking, trafficking in our hearts.

One suspect was accused of ordering an associate to attack a panhandler outside his restaurant and quote, break his knees. Among the suspects arrested many colorful nicknames like Tony the cripple mustache pat and Nikki the wig.

Hello and welcome to Real Crime Profile. This is Jim Clemente, former New York City prosecutor and retired FBI profiler. Also writer producer of CBS's Criminal Minds and with me today is.

Laura Richards, Criminal Behavioral Analyst, former New Scotland Yard, and Advocate and Founder and Director of Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service.

And I'm Lisa Zambezi, I'm the casting director for Criminal Minds, which I'm Clemente is my colleague and I have a real interest in real crime and the minds that solve those crimes.

And today we have a very special guest, my longtime great friend Vince Chachi. How you doing Vince?

Yeah, I'm fine. How are you doing?

Great. So Vince, we are here to talk about mob shot with Vince Chachi and that's you. Lisa, you want to leave me the description of mob shot with Vince Chachi.

Okay. So Vince Chachi wanted to be a made guy from the time he left the brutality of upstate New York's hexacover formatory.

He worked for wise guys committing armed robberies, collecting for the mob and dreaming of the day that he would get his button.

He never made it into the mob's inner sanctum. Why? He was too crazy and too violent hooked on drugs and alcohol Vince was a loose cannon, so dangerous that his own crew considered taking him out.

So this is his story told in his voice. It's a story of a guy who by all rights should be dead or in prison today.

Come along for the ride in a story of true crime like you've never heard it before. Wow.

So Vince, just to give you an opportunity to explain this is you telling stories in that time, in that headspace that you were in.

But you've got to change life now, don't you?

Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. My life today is I wouldn't even steal a piece of chewing gum.

I was a major thief. I used to steal in front of you to watch your eyes while I was stealing from you.

And I can't do any of that stuff.

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