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The
Battle for Las Vegas: The Law vs.
the Mob
By Dennis N. Griffin (Author)
The inside story of the law's battle
to remove the influence and
corruption of organized crime from
Sin City's streets and casinos.
In the 1970s and thru the mid-1980s,
the Chicago Outfit was the dominant
organized crime family in Las Vegas,
During those years the Outfit and
its colleagues were using Sin City
as a cash cow. Commonly referred to
as the “skim,” unreported revenue
from Outfit-controlled casinos was
making its way out of Vegas by the
bag full and ending up in the
coffers of the crime bosses in those
four locations.
Federal and local law enforcement
declared war on organized crime and
the battle was on. It was a hard
fight, with plenty of tough guys on
both sides. But it was a
confrontation the law knew it had to
win. The Battle for Las Vegas
relates the story of that conflict,
told in large part by the agents and
detectives who lived it.
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CULLOTTA
The Life of a Chicago Criminal,
Las Vegas Mobster, and
Government Witness
By Dennis N. Griffin (Author),
Frank Cullotta (Author), Dennis
Arnoldy (Contributor)
Frank Cullotta, Tony Spilotro's
childhood friend and trusted
lieutenant, reveals the details
of his decades-long criminal
career, and the real story of
life inside Spilotro's Sin City
gang.
Mystery and nonfiction writer
Dennis Griffin covered the Vegas
reign of kingpin Tony "the Ant"
Spilotro in The Battle for Las
Vegas: The Law vs. the Mob.
Digging deeper into mob history,
he now focuses on Spilotro's
lifelong pal, career criminal
Cullotta, who appeared in Martin
Scorsese's 1995 film, Casino,
recreating an actual murder he
committed in 1979. Early in the
1980s, Cullotta became a
government witness, bringing
down the house.
Mystery and nonfiction writer
Griffin covered the Vegas reign
of kingpin Tony the Ant Spilotro
in The Battle for Las Vegas: The
Law vs. the Mob. Digging deeper
into mob history, he now focuses
on Spilotro's lifelong pal,
career criminal Cullotta, who
appeared in Martin Scorsese's
1995 film, Casino, recreating an
actual murder he committed in
1979. Spilotro and Cullotta met
in Chicago as teenage
troublemakers, and early
chapters detail the violent
escapades of Cullotta's youth
before he escalated to major
crimes. Spilotro rose in the
ranks of the mob and became the
Chicago Outfit's man in Las
Vegas, and Cullotta eventually
joined him, running a robbery
and murder crew. Together,
Spilotro and Cullotta extorted
illegal bookmakers and drug
dealers throughout Vegas. But in
the early 1980s, Cullotta became
a government witness, bringing
down the house. In addition to
poring through newspaper
archives, Griffin interviewed
various sheriffs, attorneys,
agents and detectives, while
primarily relying on information
from retired FBI agent Arnoldy
and what Pileggi calls the
phenomenal memory of Cullotta
himself. Griffin's flat,
unemotional yet potent writing
makes the bloodletting, murders
and mayhem chilling and
unnerving throughout. 30 b&w
photos.
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CULLOTTA:
The DVD Interview!
Las Vegas celebrity Robert Allen,
hosts a face to face candid and
unvarnished interview with former
Las Vegas mobster Frank Cullotta.
Also interviewed are Dennis Griffin
co-author of the book Cullotta and
Dennis Arnoldy retired FBI special
agent who was Frank Cullotta's
contact during his stay in the
witness protection program.
The interview focuses on Cullotta's
childhood in Chicago as well as his
rise to fame as a trusted lieutenant
in the Las Vegas mob, where he ran a
robbery and murder crew for Tony
"the Ant" Spilotro.
The perfect companion to the "Cullotta"
book.
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The
Battle for Las Vegas: The Law vs.
the Mob
&
CULLOTTA
The Life of a Chicago Criminal,
Las Vegas Mobster, and
Government Witness
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The
Battle for Las Vegas: The Law vs.
the Mob
&
CULLOTTA:
The DVD Interview!
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CULLOTTA
The Life of a Chicago Criminal,
Las Vegas Mobster, and
Government Witness
&
CULLOTTA:
The DVD Interview!
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Handling
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The
Battle for Las Vegas: The Law vs.
the Mob
&
CULLOTTA
The Life of a Chicago Criminal,
Las Vegas Mobster, and
Government Witness
&
CULLOTTA:
The DVD Interview!
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