Joseph Valachi was an American gangster who belonged to the New York crime family later known as the Genovese family. He spent about three decades in the Mafia but never rose above the rank of soldier. He supported himself by dealing narcotics and working as a gunman. In 1962, while in federal prison, he began giving authorities information about organized crime.
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