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Gerald Capeci () is an American journalist and author who specializes in coverage of the Five Mafia crime families of New York City. Capeci has been described by news organizations, such as
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, as an expert on the
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''Gang Land''

Capeci currently writes a column called ''Gang Land'', which has been published in ''
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'', and the ''
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''. Capeci's column ''Gang Land'' is now published in his ''Gangland News'' website. Since June 2008 it has been a 'for pay' subscription site. Archives of ''Gang Land'' can be found at the ''
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'' website.


Other works

Capeci has authored several books detailing the inner workings of the New York crime families. In 1993, Capeci and fellow journalist Gene Mustain published the book ''Murder Machine'', an exposé of Roy DeMeo and his crew of mafia
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. Capeci and Mustain coauthored two other books: ''Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti'' (1988) and ''Gotti: the Rise and Fall'' (1996). With Tom Robbins he has written ''Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D’Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia''. Capeci has also written ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia'' and ''Wiseguys Say the Darndest Things: The Quotable Mafia''. A compilation of columns was published in the 2003 book ''Jerry Capeci's Gang Land''. From 1999 to 2004, Capeci worked as director of communications at the
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. In 2007, he appeared as himself on an episode of ''
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See also

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Gambino crime family The Gambino crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Ame ...
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George Anastasia George Anastasia (born February 5, 1947) is an American author and former writer for ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. He is widely considered to be an expert on the American Mafia. He was an organized crime investigative reporter, who was once ta ...
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Rizzuto crime family The Rizzuto crime family () is an organized crime family based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, whose criminal activity covers most of southern Quebec and Ontario. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) considers the family a facti ...
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Wiseguy (book) ''Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family'' is a 1985 non-fiction book by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi that chronicles the life of Henry Hill, a Mafia associate turned informant. The book is the basis for the 1990 Academy Award–winning film ''Goodf ...


References


External links


Jerry Capeci archive at The New York Sun
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