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Joseph Michael Valachi (September 22, 1904 [nb 1] – April 3, 1971) was an American mobster in the Genovese crime family who was the first member of the Italian-American Mafia to acknowledge its existence publicly in 1963.
Joseph Michael Valachi was an American criminal who was a member of the Genovese crime family. He is most remembered for being the first gangster belonging to the Italian-American Mafia to publicly admit its existence. He was the one who introduced the phrase “Cosa Nostra” to the common vernacular.
Jun 3, 2019 · The first mobster to break omerta was Joseph Valachi, a "soldier" in the Genovese family in 1950s New York. Valachi is remembered today for his testimony before a US senate committee in 1963, in which he revealed parts of the mob's structure, operations and rituals.
At his defection, Joseph Michael Valachi was up to that point the most famous apostate in the criminal underworld. Although his revelations provided the public and law enforcement with a wealth of information, it did have its limitations.
The man who was still the titular head of the biggest Cosa Nostra family in America had died in a Springfield, Missouri prison in 1969 from a heart problem. Joseph Valachi and his revelations did not destroy the Cosa Nostra.
Aug 8, 2023 · New York mobster Joseph Valachi sits at the witness table, bottom right, facing members of a U.S. Senate investigation subcommittee in Washington, D.C., on October 8, 1963. In the background are four charts of New York crime families with names and pictures of mobsters identified by Valachi.
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