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Commander Kent Clifford

• January 12, 2017
• Tagged as: chicago outfit, dorfman, joseph aiuppa, la cosa nostra, las vegas, spilotro, teamster's union

Las Vegas Interviews In this episode, I tell about my Las Vegas speaking engagement. I did a PowerPoint based on my recently completed book. Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How the F.B.I. Wiretaps Ended…

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F.B.I. Black Bag Jobs Part 1

• July 5, 2016
• Tagged as: audio intercept, Carl DeLuna, Casino the movie, central states pension fund, chicago outfit, civella, dorfman, glick, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, las vegas, lefty rosenthal, listening device, mafia, strawman, title lll, wiretap

This show is about F.B.I. Black Bag operations and the men who do this. Without the skill of the “bag men” the important microphones would not have installed and the Mob control over the Tropicana…

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Nick Civella and the Chicago Outfit Segment 3

• January 21, 2016
• Tagged as: allen glick, audio intercept, Carl DeLuna, casino, casino skim, Casino the movie, central states pension fund, chicago outfit, civella, dorfman, f.b.i., glick, joey doves, joseph aiuppa, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, lefty rosenthal, nick civella, organized crime, rosenthal, roy williams, stardust, teamster's union, teamsters, wiretap

In this third and final segment, we learn about Nick Civella, Carl “Tuffy” DeLuna and their relationship with Joseph “Joey Doves” Aiuppa and the Chicago Outfit. Nick Civella teamed up with the Chicago, Milwaukee and…

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Nick Civella and the Teamsters -3

• August 20, 2015
• Tagged as: audio intercept, Bill Presser, Casino the movie, central states pension fund, civella, dorfman, f.b.i., Jackie Presser, james hoffa, kansas city mafia, la cosa nostra, lefty rosenthal, organized crime, rosenthal, roy williams, teamster's union, wiretap

In the third and final episode I tell about the Mob influence over the Teamster’s local in Cleveland, Ohio and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, In Cleveland a man named Jackie Presser would double deal his way to…

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Nick Civella and the Teamster – 2

• August 20, 2015
• Tagged as: audio intercept, Bill Ouseley, Carl DeLuna, Casino the movie, central states pension fund, chicago outfit, civella, dorfman, f.b.i., james hoffa, Joey the Clown, joseph aiuppa, Joseph Lombardo, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, las vegas, lefty rosenthal, listening device, morris shenker, nick civella, Paul Dorfman, Sam Ancona, teamster's union, teamsters, title lll, wiretap

In the second episode, you will learn about a WW II veteran named Allen Dorfman who returned from combat. Like Roy Williams, Dorfman was a hero and had been awarded the Silver Star.  Dorfman’s step-father Paul “Red”…

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Nick Civella and the Teamsters Union – 1

• August 20, 2015
• Tagged as: audio intercept, Bill Ouseley, Carl DeLuna, Casino the movie, central states pension fund, civella, Dave Beck, dorfman, f.b.i., hoffa, james hoffa, joey doves, joseph aiuppa, kansas city mafia, la cosa nostra, lefty rosenthal, listening device, mafia, morris shenker, nick civella, organized crime, rosenthal, roy williams, teamster's union, teamsters, title 3

This is the first episode of a three part episode discussing how the Midwest Mob families obtained influence over the Central States Teamsters Pension Fund. I am a member of the Board for the Kansas…

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Joe Agosto – Gangland Wire

• July 27, 2015
• Tagged as: audio intercept, Casino the movie, dorfman, f.b.i., glick, hoffa, james hoffa, Joe Agosto, joey doves, joseph aiuppa, la cosa nostra, lefty rosenthal, roy williams, Stardust casino, strawman, teamster's union, teamsters

Nick Civella‘s mole in Las Vegas was Joe Agosto. Immigration claims he was born  Sicily, probably in the 1920s. He claims he was born in a Cleveland brothel and had been sent back to Sicily…

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Nick Civella prison conversation

• June 4, 2015
• Tagged as: audio intercept, central states pension fund, dorfman, james hoffa, joseph aiuppa, la cosa nostra, listening device, teamster's union, wiretap

Here is an audio clip from a hidden microphone placed in the visiting area at Leavenworth Prison. Nick Civella is serving his 3 year term from an earlier gambling conviction. This was after the Las…

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Casino

• April 13, 2015
• Tagged as: audio intercept, casino, Casino the movie, central states pension fund, chicago outfit, civella, dorfman, f.b.i., glick, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, lefty rosenthal, listening device, nick civella, organized crime, rosenthal, spilotro, teamster's union, title 3, wiretap

I have not addressed the “elephant in the room” much, if at all. As most of you know, in the film, Casino, Producer Martin Scorsese and writer Nick Pileggi tell about the Las Vegas casino…

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Kansas City Mob Tour

• February 23, 2015
• Tagged as: Carl DeLuna, Carl Spero, Casino the movie, chicago outfit, civella, dorfman, f.b.i., glick, james hoffa, Joe spero, joey doves, Kansas city, kansas city mafia, kansas city police, la cosa nostra, las vegas, lefty rosenthal, listening device, morris shenker, strawman, teamster's union, title 3, wiretap

As this is my first experience with an app, I am learning all the time. I started looking into push notifications and location services. Push notifications appear on your smartphone’s screen without warning. The user…