Introducing: Law & Order: Criminal Justice System

From Wolf Entertainment, the minds behind the acclaimed TV series, and iHeart Podcasts comes "Law & Order: Criminal Justice System," a series that uncovers the real stories behind the landmark cases that have shaped how the most dangerous and influential criminals in America are prosecuted. In its first season, host Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi leads the investigation into how the seemingly random murder of an influential mafioso sparked a chain of events that led to the downfall of the city's five major crime families at the height of their power.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
July twelfth, nineteen seventy nine, Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
A quiet residential neighborhood erupts in chaos. Carmine Gallanti, the
feared boss of the Banano crime family, lies dead, his
cigar still clutched between his teeth.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
Masked men walking to join Mary's luncheette in Brooklyn today
and guns down Kaman Galine, a man believed to be
the most powerful market chieftain in the country.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
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 post killing. Nobody from the minds behind the

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acclaimed television series comes Law and Order Criminal Justice System.
This isn't a scripted drama. 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 association.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
It uses terror to control people's lives.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
My father should have been a dead man. For decades,
the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold, with
law enforcement seemingly powerless to intervene. But the murder of
Carmi Galanti marked the beginning of the end, sparking a
chain of events that would ultimately dismantle the most powerful
crime organization in American history.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
These bosses on the Commission had no idea what was
coming their way from the federal government.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
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 Aniseka Nicolazzi and
from Wolf Entertainment and iHeart Podcasts. This is Law and

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Order Criminal Justice System. The first two episodes drop on
August twenty second. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,
or wherever you get your podcasts.