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The New Jersey-based, the Cavalcanti Crime Family, are said to have been the inspiration for the HBO drama, The Sopranos.

In this episode, I speak with one of their former henchmen, Aiden Gabor, a man involved with this mafia organization at the height of its power.

Those charged, the most important is Van De Cavalcati.

Reputed head of a prominent New Jersey mafia family and well known to the FBI who tapped

his phones for years.

The period during which he became under duress, a Department of Justice Informant who helped bring down the mob.

Conflicting loyalties, my life is a mob enforcer turned DOJ Informant, is the autobiographical tale of my guest today,

Aidan Gabor, and if you're wondering, due to obvious reasons,

he goes by a pseudonym and as you'll quickly realize

his voice is disguised.

All the names, places, and everything has been changed to protect the guilty,

because everybody I associate it with and everything I've done there is nobody innocent.

But his account of his own experiences, now available from all major retailers,

has been favourably compared to those of Henry Hill, the man featured in the movie Goodfellas,

or indeed another true story Donnie Brasca.

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