New York Organized Crime Family Stung in Police Arrests

From: All Things Considered (NPR) | Date: June 11, 1996 | Copyright information


NPR All Things Considered

06-11-1996

Nineteen members of the notorious Genovese family have been arrested in New York after a two-year-long sting operation. Witnesses have been placed under protection to testify against the oldest Mafia clan.

ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: In New York today, the U.S. Attorney's office indicted 19 men on a broad array of racketeering charges. The defendants are alleged to be members of the Genovese family. The charges against them incl...

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