Introducing: Law & Order: Criminal Justice System

July 12th 1979 bushwig Brooklyn a quiet residential neighborhood erupts in chaos Carmine galante the feared boss of the banano crime family lies dead his cigar still clutched between his teeth masked men walked into Joe and Mary's lunchonette in Brooklyn today and gunned down Carman galente a man believed to be the most powerful Mafia Chief in the country the execution sent shockwaves through the criminal underworld and set the stage for one of the most pivotal criminal cases in New York City history he honestly believed nobody would have the Bulls to kill him nobody from the minds behind the acclaimed television series comes Law and Order Criminal Justice System this isn't a scripted drama the these are real stories told by the people who have lived them you're not with the mob because you want to be it's the gangster that decides whether you're his associate it uses Terror to control people's lives my father should have been a dead man for decades the mafia had New York City in a strangle hold with law enforcement seemingly powerless to intervene but the murder of carag galante marked the beginning of the end sparking a chain of events that would ultimately dismantle the most powerful crime organization in American history these bosses on the commission had no idea what was coming their way from the federal government discover how a group of young prosecutors took on the mafia and with the help of law enforcement brought down its most powerful figures it sent the message to them that we can prosecute these people I'm anaa Nicoli and from Wolf entertainment and iHeart podcast this is Law and Order Criminal Justice System the first two episodes drop on August 22nd listen on the iHeart Radio app Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts