S2 Ep14: Bonus 02: The Crackdown

Mafia

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

For years, the mob was able to rule New York, Chicago, and many other cities, free to run gambling rackets, flood the street with drugs, and corrupt officials to their liking. Until the law enforcement got wise and turned up the heat. How Thomas Dewey, RICO, and undercover operations finally took a stand against the mob and ultimately worked to bring it down.

Our sponsors for this episode are Button Man by Andrew Gross from St. Martin's Press and RobinHood.

Mafia's theme is "Spellbound Hell" by Damiano Baldoni. Music in this episode is "Misery" and "Life" by Damiano Baldoni; "Universe in Hands", "visium", and "Scenery" by Kai Engel; "She Wolf in My Heart" by Sergey Cheremisinov; "Dances and Dames", "Unanswered Questions," and "Cool Vibes" by Kevin MacLeod.

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Transcript

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0:35.5	of the United States and beyond.
0:38.5	Organized crime was an all-American business
0:41.6	owned and operated by powerful families, outfits, and figureheads
0:46.0	with their own rules and their own laws.
0:49.7	They were untouchable and nearly invincible.
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