FBI agent who brought down Gambino family opens speaker series at Las Vegas Mob Museum
As if sitting in the historic courtroom of The Mob Museum isn’t goose bump-inducing enough for fans and scholars of organized crime history, in comes a lineup of guest speakers to nudge them over the top.
Joaquin Garcia, a Cuban-born FBI agent who infiltrated the Gambino crime family as Italian jewel thief Jack Falcone, will kick off “Inside Stories,” a new speaker series starting September 19 at the museum.
Following Garcia’s appearance in The Mob Museum’s limited-seating “courtroom” will be author and transnational organized crime specialist Mark Galeotti (October 17), who will discuss the rise and international spread of organized crime in Russia. As the author of the blog In Moscow’s Shadows, he writes on current events dealing with politics, crime and corruption.
On November 13, attorney and Notre Dame Law professor G. Robert Blakey will discuss organized crime’s role in the JFK assassination. Blakey, an organized crime expert, drafted the RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), enacted in 1970. As former chief counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations, he’s recognized for his extensive investigations into the JFK assassination, and he’s the co-author of the book The Plot to Kill the President.
Tickets for the Garcia engagement (priced at $35) go on sale August 22 by phone (724-8641) or online at themobmuseum.org/tickets.
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