Mob Blunders

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What is the biggest Mob Blunder ever? In this episode, Cam Robinson and Gary Jenkins discuss blunders by various organized crime families. We believe the largest and most devastating was the murder of Jimmy Hoffa on 6/30/1975. After his release from prison, Hoffa began campaigning to reclaim the leadership of the teamsters. The mafia enjoyed greater control under Frank Fitzsimmons and did not want Hoffa’s return. In addition, Hoffa began making threats to speak to authorities and to call in loans made by the pension fund for mob casinos. Hoffa disappeared while waiting for a meeting with Detroit capo Tony Giacalone and Genovese Capo Tony Provenzano. Result: The disappearance created a national scandal, drawing attention to the rampant corruption of the Teamsters. The FBI investigation disrupted mafia business for months. Congress increased scrutiny of the Teamsters, and the series of weak leaders followed the Teamsters down the drain, ending mob control of the once powerful union. 1977: Employee Retirement Income Security Act ends mob control of Central States Pension Fund 1979: Deregulation weakened the power of the Teamsters costing the mob national power 1991: General elections rather than indirect election by delegates—mafia no longer controlled presidency DonateTo go to the store or make a donation click here To rent Brothers against Brothers, the documentary, click here. To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here To subscribe on iTunes click here, please give me a review and help others find the podcast

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0:00.0	You are listening to Gangland Wire, hosted by former Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit Detective, Gary Jenkins.
0:19.1	Welcome all you wiretappers out there. You're in the studio of Gangland Wire. I've got on the
0:24.0	Skype and in the studio by proxy, our good friend Cam Robinson from up in. What is the name of that
0:33.0	town you live in? It's, it's Munster. It's the first exit across the, uh, across the, the, the border from
0:40.0	Chicago. So it's, it's, I am in the, I am in the suburbs of Chicago. I know people get, people get
0:45.6	testy about that. Yeah, I know that. And of course, you got to put up with all those crazy ass
0:49.7	Illinois drivers. That's what it is. We went down this bad before that's right but heck let's
0:57.2	denigrate Chicago drivers for a while I'll get some that's right on that one Ben
1:02.0	Ellickson's out there listening are you listening Ben Redmond Matt are you listening
1:08.1	he's not in Chicago anymore but Frank Calabrese are you listening we He's not in Chicago anymore, but Frank Calabrese, are you listening?
1:13.0	We're denigrating your driving skills up there in Chicago.
1:17.0	All right, anyhow, let's move it.
1:18.5	Moving right along.
1:19.4	Don't forget to him me up on the Venmo app once in a while.
1:22.5	Buy me a shot in a beer, a cup of coffee.
1:25.3	Cam came up with an idea.
1:27.0	I really like your idea,
1:28.5	and that was major mafia blunders and what happened.
1:32.9	A lot of this stuff,
1:33.8	we're going to kind of assume you know some of the history of it.
1:37.0	We'll start back in,
1:38.7	we don't do this in kind of chronological order.
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