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The big heist : the real story of the Lufthansa heist, the Mafia, and murder

The big heist : the real story of the Lufthansa heist, the Mafia, and murder

DeStefano, Anthony M.
Book 2018

One of the biggest scores in Mafia history, the Lufthansa Airlines heist of 1978 has become the stuff of Mafia legend--and a decades-long investigation that continues to this day. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Anthony DeStefano sheds new light on this legendary unsolved case using recent evidence from the 2015 trial of eighty-year-old Mafia don Vincent Asaro, who for the first time speaks out on his role in the fateful Lufthansa heist. This bli...

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Deutsche Lufthansa (1953- )
Organized crime New York (State) New York Case studies
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ISBN:
9780786040827
0786040823
Description:
vi, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-338) and index
Contents:
The message from the bones
"The Feds are all over ..."
A goodfella's lament
"Super thief"
"We will get you"
Tales of the gold bug
"I got a couple of million"
The ring
"My God, you lost millions"
The friends who hurt you
"See, big mouth"
Dead fellas ... and gals
The shakedown guy
"We're in trouble"
Never say never
Dead men told no tales
"Score of scores"
"Come dressed"
"This is it"
All in the family
"What is this, Watergate?"
"Free!"
Epilogue
Lufthansa roll call
Control Number:
2491016
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