Mob Cops: The Shocking Rise and Fall of New York's "Mafia Cops"
Written by Greg B. Smith
Narrated by Peter Berkrot
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About this audiobook
Describes how two highly decorated former detectives, Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito, were convicted of murdering eight people on the orders of a vicious mob boss.
Greg B. Smith
Greg B. Smith, reporter for New York’s Daily News, covers the federal courts in Brooklyn and Manhattan that serve as Ground Zero in the battle to end mafia influence in America. An investigative reporter for nearly twenty years, Smith has written for The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Examiner, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and other newspapers around the country. He’s also a frequent guest on TV and radio discussing everything from racketeering to the Latin Kings street gang to world terrorist organizations. Mr. Smith lives with his wife and two boys in Brooklyn, New York.
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Reviews for Mob Cops
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Super interesting .!!these type of stories about American culture mob/crime from 30 to 50 to 70 years ago… I find very interesting .!!
loaded with facts and other elements that are just mind boggling,
Some of those folks were just having quite the hay day while doing some wild stuff
Wow,
I see I said give it a read and or listen1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5A very important story as these cops did some terrible things. There are too many characters which makes it hard to follow.