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EPISODE · Sep 7, 2026 · 37 MIN

Mafia Trials That Changed American Law

from A History of the American Mafia Podcast: Organized Crime, Mob Families, Bosses, Gangsters, Prohibition, Criminal Trials, and the Rise of La Cosa Nostra · host Podily & Josh Linsk

From Al Capone’s 1931 tax case that cracked a bootleg empire to the 1985 Mafia Commission trial and Gotti’s high‑profile conviction, this episode unpacks how federal prosecutions turned La Cosa Nostra from a clandestine network into a target of national law. It also covers Kefauver hearings, the Pizza Connection, and Donnie Brasco infiltration that reshaped the fight against organized crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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