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Giuliani’s RICO Case Revisited in Mafia Commission Trial Episode

By Drooid · Oct 7, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC · How we work

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Former U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani used the RICO Act to indict 11 Mafia leaders in 1985.
The 1985 Mafia Commission Trial charged Five Families heads with murder, extortion and labor racketeering.
Fox Nation’s “Stories of the American Mafia” includes the episode “Rudy and the RICO Act,” narrated by journalist Eric Shawn.
Former Gambino associate Louis Ferrante called Giuliani’s top-down strategy ‘cutting the head off the Hydra.’

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Story summary

Former U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani used the RICO Act to indict 11 Mafia leaders in 1985.
The 1985 Mafia Commission Trial charged Five Families heads with murder, extortion and labor racketeering.
Fox Nation’s “Stories of the American Mafia” includes the episode “Rudy and the RICO Act,” narrated by journalist Eric Shawn.
Former Gambino associate Louis Ferrante called Giuliani’s top-down strategy ‘cutting the head off the Hydra.’