Anthony M. DeStefano

From enforcer to godfather, Vito Genovese rose through the ranks of La Cosa Nostra to head of one of the wealthiest and most dangerous crime families in American history....

King of the Godfathers is the story of the brutal mob war that made Massino head of the Bonanno family and the most powerful gangster in America....

One of the biggest scores in Mafia history, the Lufthansa Airlines heist of 1978 has become the stuff of Mafia legend....

From the Bowery Boys and the Five Points Gang through the rise of the Jewish "Kosher Nostra" and the ascendance of the Italian Mafia, mobsters have played a major role in the city's history....

The press nicknamed him "The Prime Minister of the Underworld". But to many, he was simply "Uncle Frank". Who was Frank Costello? That's the question reporter Anthony M. DeStefano sets out to answer in this portrait of one of the most fascinating figures in the annals of American crime....

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony M. DeStefano takes you inside John Gotti's inner circle to reveal the dark hearts and violent deeds of the most remorseless and cold-blooded characters in organized crime....

Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning journalist Anthony M. DeStefano unravels speakeasy owner, blackmailer, high-end escort, extortionist, racketeer, and con woman Vivian Gordon's tumultuous life and the headline-making murder that became an obsession for many.