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Blackmail. Bombs. Hit teams and executions. Skimming of casino profits. Illegal sports gaming.
These subjects were “business as usual” for members of the mafia in the United States in the 1970s. A team of F.B.I. agents and Kansas City Police Department detectives utilized new court-ordered wiretap privileges to uncover mobsters' murderous plans. In a surprising twist, those wiretaps uncovered mobsters Kansas City talking about the Stardust and Tropicana casino and the involvement of the Chicago Outfit, Milwaukee mob, and the Cleveland mob. This account is told from the view of an insider who was part of the investigation. Readers will learn about the dangerous auto surveillances, the even more dangerous black bag jobs to plant hidden microphones and the mob's activities to control an out of control lefty Rosenthal. the imprisonment of key players and the decimation of the mafia's influence in Kansas City, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Las Vegas.
The author, Gary Jenkins compiled this account of the investigation with first-hand accounts and verbatim wiretap transcripts that are linked to the actual audio from those intercepts. He tells the story of those days using the words of the mob's key operatives themselves.
Leaving Vegas takes you behind the scenes, detailing the drama from the point of view of the surveillance teams listening in on the conversations, as well as providing the flavor of the relationships between the mobsters. Former Intelligence unit officer Jenkins provides plenty of context to this milestone investigation, as well as photos of the key players and surveillance locations.
Blackmail. Bombs. Hit teams and executions. Skimming of casino profits. Illegal sports gaming.
These subjects were “business as usual” for members of the mafia in the United States in the 1970s. A team of F.B.I. agents and Kansas City Police Department detectives utilized new court-ordered wiretap privileges to uncover mobsters' murderous plans. In a surprising twist, those wiretaps uncovered mobsters Kansas City talking about the Stardust and Tropicana casino and the involvement of the Chicago Outfit, Milwaukee mob, and the Cleveland mob. This account is told from the view of an insider who was part of the investigation. Readers will learn about the dangerous auto surveillances, the even more dangerous black bag jobs to plant hidden microphones and the mob's activities to control an out of control lefty Rosenthal. the imprisonment of key players and the decimation of the mafia's influence in Kansas City, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Las Vegas.
The author, Gary Jenkins compiled this account of the investigation with first-hand accounts and verbatim wiretap transcripts that are linked to the actual audio from those intercepts. He tells the story of those days using the words of the mob's key operatives themselves.
Leaving Vegas takes you behind the scenes, detailing the drama from the point of view of the surveillance teams listening in on the conversations, as well as providing the flavor of the relationships between the mobsters. Former Intelligence unit officer Jenkins provides plenty of context to this milestone investigation, as well as photos of the key players and surveillance locations.