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Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire

by Rick Cowan

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An NYPD detective describes his work as an undercover cop, in which role he infiltrated a lethal mob cartel to uncover evidence of a conspiracy among the various mob families to exort billions of dollars from the nation's most influential corporations.

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Canonical title: Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 3

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Published: 2002
Genres: Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 364.1
LCC: HV8079 .O73 .C69

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