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Gangland Wire

Anthony DeStefano on the Lufthansa heist

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6623 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Anthony DeStefano is a veteran reporter who covered the Five Families in New York City for over three decades. He recently sat through the trial of New York mob boss Vincent Asaros who was charged with conspiracy in the famous 6 Million dollar cash and jewelry robbery from a Lufthansa Air cargo warehouse. He is currently a reporter for Newsday in New York City, specializing in criminal justice and legal affairs. Anthony has covered all of the important criminal trials in NYC. He reported on The Happy Land Social Club Fire, the trial of Gambino crime boss Peter Gotti, former Bonanno crime boss Joseph Massino, and the so-called “Mafia Cops.” He also covered the case against Wall Street Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff from 2008 through 2014. He has written several true crime books on New York crime families, including The Last Godfather: Joseph Massino and The Fall of The Bonanno Crime Family” (Citadel Press), Mob Killer: The Bloody Rampage of Charlie Carneglia, Mafia Hit Man, Vinny Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise And Fall Of A New York Mobster, The War On Human Trafficking, Gangland New York, and most recently The Big Heist: The Real Story of the Lufthansa Heist, the Mafia, and Murder.   Go to the store click here To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here To subscribe on iTunes click here, give me a review and I will send you a link to see the film for free.

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Aaron from Gangland Wire when Gary's not here.

0:06.5

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0:29.7

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0:36.0

There's my order coming in now.

0:39.5

Gangland Wire is probably the best podcast going at the moment.

0:44.0

Gary and Aaron do a fantastic job and with the range of guests that they bring in, people

0:49.3

that have solved the crimes or even people that have committed the crimes, it really

0:53.5

adds some insight into the fantastic true crime stories that have committed the crimes, it really adds some insight into

0:55.1

the fantastic true crime stories that they pick on the podcast.

0:58.3

If you're new to Gang Land Wire, I really would recommend listening to the seven-part

1:02.5

interview with Martin McNally.

1:03.8

It is some of the best true crime journalism I think I've listened to.

1:08.1

So when they take the silver dollars, they gotta go around with their device. I think I've listened to. Former Kansas City Police Department

1:16.1

Intelligence Detective

1:17.7

and now attorney, Gary Jenkins,

1:21.2

produced four documentary films,

1:24.0

most recently, Gangland Wire,

1:26.4

creator of smartphone app entitled Kansas City Mob

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