Did you know that the US government, in the form of the Office of Naval Intelligence in World War II & the Central Intelligence Agency in the Cold War, frequently made common cause with La Cosa Nostra & other organized crime syndicates?
Join CJ as he discusses:
- How the alliance between the US Office of Naval Intelligence & American mafia groups began in 1942
- The involvement of top mobsters such as Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Vito Genevese with the Allied invasion & occupation of Italy, and Luciano’s early release from prison in 1946 as a reward
- The continued collaboration of American intelligence with the mafia & other organized crime syndicates for various purposes related to the Cold War from the-late 1940s in places as diverse as Europe, Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean
- Some of the darker results & side effects of these collaborations
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External Links
- The Eyesight Stories charity Indie Go-Go page
- “Operation Underworld” by Eric Dezenhall in The American Spectator
- Famous excerpt from Fox News in which Geraldo Rivera discussed US military’s involvement with protecting opium production
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