When corruption was king
how I helped the mob rule Chicago, then brought the Outfit down
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Author
Contributions
- Levin, Hillel. - Contributor
Publication
2006 - Carroll & Graf, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
92,500 words, Guess
Page Count
370 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveisbn_9780786715831
- ISBN-100786715839
- ISBN-139780786715831
- LibraryThing1325799
- Goodreads1963430
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- Library of Congress Control Number2006275215
- OCLC Control Number63149485
- Better World Books9780786715831
- Open LibraryOL18629109M
Classifications
- DDC364.1092
- DDCB
- LCCKF373.C658 A3 2006
and 1 more
- LCCKF373.C658A3 2006
Description
Bob Cooley was the Chicago Mafia’s fixer of court cases. During the 1970s and ‘80s, Cooley bribed judges, juries, and cops to keep his Mob clients out of jail. Paid handsomely for his services, he lived fast and enjoyed the protection of the men he served. Yet, by the end of the ‘90s, without a pending conviction, he became the star witness in nine federal trials that took down the most powerful Mafia family in the history of organized crime. When Corruption Was King is the story of a Mob lawyer turned mole with a million-dollar contract on his head who went back and forth between sin and sainthood—a turbulent youth, a stint on Chicago’s police force, law school, and then the inner sanctum of Chicago’s wiseguys. He dined with Mob bosses and shared “last suppers” with friends before their gangland executions. In a startling act of conscience, Cooley walked into the office of the U.S. Organized Crime Strike Force and agreed to wear a wire on the very same Mafia overlords who had made him a player. This book, including eight pages of memorable photographs, reveals the personal story behind the federal government’s most successful Mafia investigation.
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- Biography
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