As the snow and icy rain began to fall on that early winter morning in New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island, something big was going down.
They didn’t know it, but Jan. 20, 2011, was the beginning of the end for the Mafia.
On that day, the largest law enforcement operation against America’s most infamous crime organization commenced. Hundreds of FBI agents, equipped with criminal warrants, began arresting mob suspects across three states.
This operation was different from the many others that had been launched in the past. Authorities were going for not just the heart of the Mafia—the crime family bosses—but also individuals further down the hierarchy….