by mafiastudent » Sun Oct 10, 2021 9:54 am
Extortion wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:40 am
Ok thanks. Yeah, this book really exposes overzealous prosecutors in New York…Careers are really made based upon how many mobsters they can get from their bygone era even if they arent as big of a threat anymore. Still a threat but really not in comparison to nyc street crime and gangs these days.
You're 100% correct. I'm not sure about prosecutors, but FBI agents do receive bonuses when they take down significant OC guys. This has been documented and was a big thing during the congressional hearings with Joseph Salvati about Joe Barboza, Whitey Bulger etc. In the voluminous documentation provided there are many FBI memos in there talking about bonuses etc.
With the prosecution, having a big OC case is a big career boost - Giuliani, Chertoff, Comey and even those who didn't go to higher offices still make their careers with big time corporate law firms. Even Dewey got a boost from Lepke though he didn't get to where he wanted to go. Eugene Gold is another one in that he was able to use what he did with OC to skirt his molestation charge (a 10 year old girl no less) and only get probation (2 years I think.)
What's also interesting - and I'll have to find it and post - is that Justin Dintino who was a huge OC task force guy in Jersey, at a conference he was at about the mob, he said that the mafia is big business and talked about how if you don't have a mafia problem then you don't get any money from the justice department and detailed how when prosecutors present cases to the justice department that it's usually only the mafia ones that get approved. I'm talking Italian mafia. And his issue was that there were so many other problems such as Russian organized crime, gang etc. that he was frustrated that the only focus was on Italian OC. So, for him of all people to say that - I think was significant. He was the guy who went after people like Angelo Bruno, the Cherry Hill Gambinos, etc.
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Ok thanks. Yeah, this book really exposes overzealous prosecutors in New York…Careers are really made based upon how many mobsters they can get from their bygone era even if they arent as big of a threat anymore. Still a threat but really not in comparison to nyc street crime and gangs these days.
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You're 100% correct. I'm not sure about prosecutors, but FBI agents do receive bonuses when they take down significant OC guys. This has been documented and was a big thing during the congressional hearings with Joseph Salvati about Joe Barboza, Whitey Bulger etc. In the voluminous documentation provided there are many FBI memos in there talking about bonuses etc.
With the prosecution, having a big OC case is a big career boost - Giuliani, Chertoff, Comey and even those who didn't go to higher offices still make their careers with big time corporate law firms. Even Dewey got a boost from Lepke though he didn't get to where he wanted to go. Eugene Gold is another one in that he was able to use what he did with OC to skirt his molestation charge (a 10 year old girl no less) and only get probation (2 years I think.)
What's also interesting - and I'll have to find it and post - is that Justin Dintino who was a huge OC task force guy in Jersey, at a conference he was at about the mob, he said that the mafia is big business and talked about how if you don't have a mafia problem then you don't get any money from the justice department and detailed how when prosecutors present cases to the justice department that it's usually only the mafia ones that get approved. I'm talking Italian mafia. And his issue was that there were so many other problems such as Russian organized crime, gang etc. that he was frustrated that the only focus was on Italian OC. So, for him of all people to say that - I think was significant. He was the guy who went after people like Angelo Bruno, the Cherry Hill Gambinos, etc.