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"Mobster reveals life in Valley" and "Crime ring witnesses being killed"

Number 16053
Subject Organized Crime
Source Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
State AZ
Year 1999
Publication Date July 18, Oct. 10, 1999;
Summary The Arizona Republic reports "two stories on organized crime. The first involves Mafia enforcer Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, who had moved to Arizona and launched a secret life. The second story is about a Mexican Mafia syndicate headed by the Cisneros brothers, who escaped prosecution due to the murders of government witnesses."
Category Contest Entry
Pages 12
Keywords FOIA;Department of Motor Vehicles;DMV;Registrar of Contractors;Office State Corporation Commission;unsolved homicide;FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations;Salvatore Gravano;New York Mob;John Gotti;hit man;La Cosa Nostra;Witness Protection Program
Related Links See also Story 17665 on Sammy the Bull.
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