The Men Who Ruled New York’s Mafia | American Godfathers: The Five Families

For decades, the Five Families thrived behind a wall of secrecy known as Omertà, the Mafia's sacred code of silence. But in 1963, one man changed everything. When Genovese soldier Joseph Valachi broke Omertà and testified before the U.S. Senate, he exposed the inner workings of Cosa Nostra to the...

54 min - True Crime - HISTORY

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