Street Certified's Gangster Legends Series
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"A fascinating story of the enigmatic "Superfly" Frank Lucas. A balanced portrait that will hopefully be an antidote to the Hollywood version to be released later this year." --Stephen Brodt, criminologist and book review editor for Trends in Organized Crime "SuperFly is a riveting,... read more
Summary
In interviews with those who knew him and thsose who prosecuted him, this documentary investigates the life, times and criminal career of Frank Lucass and some of the claims to fame made about him in the movie. His connection to La Costa Nostra, the money he made in the drug trade and the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
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The law enforcement raid came on a crisp, cold night in late January 1975, without a high profile. No involved planning. No SWAT team. No large show of force. No TV cameras. There was plenty of man power, though: a task force consisting of ten agents from Group 22 of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and ten New York Police Department detectives attached to the Organization Crime Control Bureau. The task force felt confident that they would face little resistance and certainly no bodyguards wanting to disrupt the raid and cause trouble. After all, it was the personal residence of the drug dealer and his family lived with him. Group 22 had been investigating the Gambino crime family of East Harlem for some time, and now the long hours and hard work were about to pay off. In 1975, the Gambino family was one of the five families that ruled the powerful Italian American mob, La Costa Nostra, and controlled organized crime in New York City. The Gambino godfather...
Table of Contents
Prolugue: The Raid at Teaneck
Chapter 1 - Super Fly Comes To Harlem
Chapter 2 - The Drug Scene
Chapter 3 - Getting Established
Chapter 4 - Take Down
Chapter 5 - Conviction
Chapter 6 - The Asian Connection
Chapter 7 - In His Country's Secret Service
Chapter 8 - The Sting
Epilogue: Resurrection
Acknowledgements
About The Authors
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This book is in the Street Certified's Gangster Legends Series series.
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