Gerald "Jerry" Capeci is an American journalist and author who specializes in coverage of the Five Mafia crime families

Five Families

The Five Families are the five original Italian-American Mafia crime families which have dominated organized crime in America since 1931. The Five Families in New York remain as the powerhouse of the Italian Mafia in the United States.-History:...

 of New York City. Capeci has been described by news organizations, such as CNN

CNN

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 and BBC

BBC

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, as an expert on the American Mafia.

Gang Land

Capeci writes a column called Gang Land. It has been published in New York Post

New York Post

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, New York Daily News

New York Daily News

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, and the New York Sun

New York Sun

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. Capeci's column Gang Land is now published in his Gangland News website. Since June, 2008 it has been a 'for pay' subscription site. Archives of Gang Land can be found at the New York Sun

New York Sun

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 website. http://www.nysun.com/authors/Jerry+Capeci

Other work

Capeci has authored several books detailing the inner workings of the New York crime families. In 1993, Capeci and fellow journalist Gene Mustain published the book Murder Machine, an expose of Roy DeMeo

Roy DeMeo

Roy Albert DeMeo was a soldier in the Gambino crime family. He is infamous for heading the DeMeo crew, a gang suspected by the FBI of murdering at least 70 people between 1973 and 1983. The vast majority were disposed of so thoroughly that they were never found...

 and his crew of mafia hit men. Capeci and Mustain coauthored two other books: Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti (1988) and Gotti: the Rise and Fall (1996). Capeci has also written The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia and Wiseguys Say the Darndest Things: The Quotable Mafia. A compilation of columns was published in the 2003 book Jerry Capeci's Gang Land. From 1999 to 2004, Capeci worked as director of communications at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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