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🗓️ 9 April 2025
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Retired agent Mike Campi reviews his investigation of the Genovese crime family based on the cooperation of Michael “Cookie” D’Urso, a mafia associate who became a confidential source after he was shot in the head and left for dead. D’Urso worked with Mike Campi, recording the crimes of his fellow gangsters on a scale never seen before. Mike served in the FBI for 24 years.
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0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 350 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. |
0:12.9 | I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews |
0:23.1 | with former colleagues. Today we get to speak to retired agent Mike Campi, who served in the FBI |
0:31.2 | for 24 years. In this episode, he reviews his investigation of the Genevieve's crime family, |
0:39.3 | based on the cooperation of Michael Cookie Dorso, |
0:43.3 | a mafia associate who decided to become a confidential source for the FBI |
0:49.0 | after he was shot in the head and left for dead. |
0:52.7 | Dorso worked with Mike Campi recording conversations with numerous powerful figures in the New York |
0:59.1 | based organized crime families and captured evidence of extortions, murder conspiracies, |
1:06.0 | money laundering, labor racketeering, and corrupt politicians. |
1:14.5 | Dorso helped Campi and the FBI convict more than 70 mobsters. Mike Campi's new true crime book, Mafia Take Down, the incredible true |
1:22.2 | story of the FBI agent who devastated the New York mob recounts how for three years Dorso risked his life |
1:30.9 | to assist camping in the FBI and taking down the New York mob. Mike Campy served in the FBI for 24 years. |
1:39.7 | He was initially assigned to the Cincinnati Division. However, he spent most of his FBI career |
1:46.2 | in the New York Division, working both organized crime and white-collar crime cases. |
1:51.6 | He can't be retired from the FBI as the coordinator of the organized crime branch of the New York |
1:57.8 | Division, where he managed over 150 agents and the FBI's largest and |
2:03.8 | most successful organized crime program. He was later recruited by a Swiss bank to be their |
2:09.8 | vice president of corporate security for the America's region. While listening to this episode, |
2:15.9 | you will be as amazed as I was at Mike Campi's amazing ability |
2:21.6 | to recall names, places, and dates. Now, before we get to the episode, I want to thank my |
2:28.5 | former guest, Jim Weber, for inviting me to be a guest on his podcast, The Right to Remain Silent. |
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