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   Joseph Michael Valachi (September 22, 1904 – April 3, 1971) was an American mobster in the Genovese crime family who was the first member of the Italian-American Mafia to acknowledge its existence publicly in 1963. He is credited with the popularization of the term cosa nostra.

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     Oct. 1, 1963 | Joseph Valachi Exposes Mafia Secrets [Part 2]

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Joseph-ValachiJoseph Valachi | Mafia, Cosa Nostra & Informant | Britannica

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   Apr 12, 2024 · Joseph Valachi (born Sept. 22, 1903, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died April 3, 1971, La Tuna Federal Correctional Institution, Texas) was an American gangster, a member of Lucky Luciano ’s mob family, who turned informer in 1962. Valachi held a rank in the Mafia equivalent to that of a sergeant, with interests chiefly in the numbers rackets and ...

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4. allthatsinteresting.com › joe-valachiHow Joe Valachi Crippled The Mafia As Its First Government ...

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   Jul 8, 2019 · Learn how Joe Valachi, a low-level New York gangster, became the first mafioso to break the Mafia's code of silence and testify against his former bosses in 1963. Discover how his testimony changed the course of organized crime and the Mafia's history.

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6. www.thefamouspeople.com › profiles › joseph-valachiJoseph Valachi Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life ...

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   Joseph Michael Valachi was an American criminal who was a member of the Genovese crime family. He is most remembered for being the first gangster belonging to the Italian-American Mafia to publicly admit its existence. He was the one who introduced the phrase “Cosa Nostra” to the common vernacular.

7. americanmafiahistory.com › joe-valachi-the-first-ratJoe Valachi - The First Rat - American Mafia History

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   May 25, 2015 · Learn about the life and testimony of Joseph Valachi, the first mobster to publicly acknowledge the existence of Cosa Nostra in the U.S. Find out how he became a turncoat, what he revealed and how he died.

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   Who was Joseph Valachi?

   • Joseph Valachi kept working for the Genovese family until his arrest. In 1959, he was found guilty of narcotics violations and given a prison sentence of 15 years. Historically, most people had no idea about the existence of the Italian-American Mafia. Those who did, did not have much knowledge about it.

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   Was Joseph Valachi a member of the Mafia?

   • One exception is The Real Thing, an autobiographyby Joseph Valachi, a made member of the Mafia for three decades beginning in 1930. Valachi hand-wrote the manuscript while in prison before his famous televised testimony in 1963 revealing the Mafia’s inner workings.

   Joseph Valachi’s autobiography reveals Mafia’s inner workings

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   Did Joseph Valachi write an autobiography?

   • In addition to his congressional testimony, Joseph Valachi wrote an autobiography while in prison that is among the few first-person accounts of early Mafia history in the United States. Getty Images During televised testimony, Valachi became the first made member in a public setting to break an honor-bound code of silence known as omertà.

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   When did Joe Valachi open his mouth?

   • That is until mafioso Joe Valachi opened his mouth. On September 25, 1963, Joe Valachi became the first mafioso to break the mafia’s secret code and publicly admit to its existence. In the 1960s, Valachi publicly disclosed the Mob’s dirtiest secrets heretofore only known by organized crime insiders in a public trial as a witness for the government.

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   Aug 8, 2023 · Learn about the life and crimes of Joseph Valachi, a made member of the Mafia who broke the code of silence and testified before Congress in 1963. Read his hand-written manuscript online, donated by journalist Peter Maas, and explore his insights into the early U.S. Mafia history.

10. www.youtube.com › watchJOSEPH VALACHI | From Gangster to Informant - YouTube

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    Discover the riveting story of Joseph Valachi, the first mobster to break the Mafia's sacred code of silence. Born into a life of crime, Valachi's journey from a 107th Street gang member to a...

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