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Full Name
  
Gerald Capeci

Years active
  
1960's - present


Name
  
Jerry Capeci

Role
  
Journalist

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Born
  
June 10, 1944 (age 79) (
1944-06-10
)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Occupation
  
Crime journalist, author/columnist and organized crime expert

Books
  
The complete idiot's gui, Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D, Mob Star: The Story of John G, Wiseguys say the darndest t, Gotti: The Rise and Fall

Similar People
  
Alphonse D'Arco, John A Gotti, Sammy Gravano, John Gotti, Anthony Casso

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Gerald "Jerry" Capeci (born June 30, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) 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 CNN and BBC, as an expert on the American Mafia.

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Gang Land

Capeci currently writes a column called Gang Land, which has been published in New York Post, New York Daily News, and the New York Sun. 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 New York Sun 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 expose of Roy DeMeo and his crew of mafia hit men. 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 John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In 2007, he appeared as himself on an episode of The Sopranos.

Huffington Post

As of January, 2011 Capeci is an active blogger with the Huffington Post

References

Jerry Capeci Wikipedia


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