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🍷 Have you tried my wine yet?: https://yt.franzesewine.com/ 💪🏼 Join Franzese Family: https://michaelfranzese.com/family/ Today I’m breaking down what I see as the top 10 Mafia blunders – the bad decisions and wrong moves that gave law enforcement the edge and helped bring Cosa Nostra to its knees.We go from Vito Genovese’s disasters with Joe Valachi and the Appalachin meeting, to Bugsy Siegel’s flash, losing Cuba and Havana, helping elect JFK and getting RFK instead, the Donnie Brasco infiltration, the RICO Act, surveillance, and the way some bosses brought way too much heat on themselves and everybody around them. I explain why each move looked smart in the moment but turned out to be terrible for the life long term.Some of you will say “good, they deserved it,” others will say “the streets were better back then,” but either way this is how the mob really blew it. Drop in the comments which blunder you think hurt the most – or what I left off the list. Top 10 Worst Moves the Mafia Ever Made 🤝 Book 1 on 1 Call With Me: https://michaelfranzese.com/book-1-on-1-call/ 🔥 Check out my store: https://store.michaelfranzese.com/ 🎙️ Michael Franzese Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Eo39qb 📧 Interested in partnerships? [email protected] 00:00 Introduction 00:58 Intro and recent travel 01:28 Biggest mob blunders explained 02:13 “Bring the mob back?” 03:18 Early days not organized 03:41 Luciano organizes Cosa Nostra 04:13 Membership site invitation 04:43 Blunder 1: Joe Valachi 06:21 Blunder 2: Hoover wakes up 43:04 Blunder 3: Losing Cuba 43:18 Blunder 4: Bugsy in Vegas 43:49 Blunder 5: Lufthansa heist 44:08 Blunder 6: RICO arrives 44:26 Blunder 7: Bonanno’s book 45:38 Mob stories will continue 46:02 Why politics on channel 47:05 “Mafia democracy” in DC 48:02 On Trump and tariffs 48:50 Handling trolls and comments 49:55 Final safety warning Backbone Media Group
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