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When Rudy Giuliani was graduating from Bishop Loughlin high school in Brooklyn, many of his classmates inscribed "Good luck in the seminary" in his yearbook. It was the natural thing to write; the high-spirited, high- minded senior, who started the school's first opera club and idolized the New York Yankees, was planning to begin studies for the priesthood in the fall. But that summer he changed his mind and decided instead to go to Manhattan College. Although he chose not to become a man of the cloth, Giuliani found his particular calling anyway. After college he entered...
...Colombo, Lucchese and Bonanno clans), Castellano had some 400 "soldiers" under his command, as well as interests in the construction trades and the garment, meat and poultry industries. His bloody retirement may have been deemed necessary because of a series of indictments brought against him by U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani. At the time of his death, the soft-spoken don was on trial in Manhattan federal court for masterminding an international car-theft ring. The day after his murder, Castellano's co-defendants asked for a mistrial, citing the possible prejudice that could result from the public assassination. Castellano...
...break the Mafia's code of silence and turn informant. The same bloodletting that chased Badalamenti from Sicily drove Buscetta to the protection of the authorities. Since he began talking last year, Buscetta has been shuttled back and forth between the U.S. and Italy, fingering mobsters in both countries. Giuliani's assistants are also prosecuting Paul Castellano, 70, reputed boss of the Gambino family. He is accused with nine other men of running a racket that stole autos and shipped them off for resale with forged registrations. His case will be followed next week by the racketeering trial...
...most significant trial of the lot will begin in Manhattan next spring, when the alleged leaders of the city's five Mafia families and four of their lieutenants will face racketeering charges for running a "commission" that acted as a board of directors for the entire American Mafia. Giuliani is planning to prosecute the case himself, and the trial may prove pivotal for his future...
During his two years as U.S. Attorney, Giuliani has been a highly visible crusader against organized crime, giving detailed press conferences and turning up on national television to trumpet his indictments. Critics have accused him of trying and convicting defendants before they have even been arraigned. Some detractors think that Giuliani is preparing a political career in the tradition of onetime New York Prosecutor Thomas Dewey, who rose to fame in New York in the 1930s by winning convictions against such famous criminals as Louis Lepke and Lucky Luciano. Giuliani insists that his goal is simply to defeat...