American journalist, author, and investigative reporter
Selwyn Raab
Born
(1934-06-26) June 26, 1934 (age 89) New York City
Occupation
Journalist, writer, investigative reporter
Language
English
Alma mater
City College of New York
Genres
Biography
History
Case studies
Subjects
Organized Crime
US State & Local History
Reference
Years active
1956–present
Notable works
Justice in the Back Room[1]
Mob Lawyer[2]
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires[3]
Spouse
Helene Lurie
Children
Marian
Selwyn Raab (born June 26, 1934[4] in New York City) is an American journalist, author and former investigative reporter for The New York Times.[5] He has written extensively about the American Mafia and criminal justice issues.[6]
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^Warden, Rob (Jun 11, 2009). True Stories of False Confessions. Northwestern University Press. p. 512. ISBN 9780810126039.
SelwynRaab (born June 26, 1934 in New York City) is an American journalist, author and former investigative reporter for The New York Times. He has written...
Little Fanfare". The New York Times. Retrieved April 29, 2012. Raab 2005 Raab, Selwyn (September 3, 1995). "With Gotti Away, the Genoveses Succeed the...
Retrieved December 26, 2022. Raab 2005, p. 6. "Police Say Their Chinatown Sting Ties Mob to the Garment Industry" By SelwynRaab New York Times March 20,...
archive.today Supplier of Concrete to City Had Link to a Crime Figure SelwynRaab, The New York Times (September 14, 1986) Archived March 19, 2022, at...
Secret Judge. "The Attempted hit on Costello". 2009 (pg.293-296)[1] Raab, Selwyn. The Five Families: The Rise, Decline & Resurgence of America's Most...
Gigante, Mob Boss Who Feigned Incompetence to Avoid Jail, Dies at 77, by SelwynRaab, The New York Times, December 19, 2005 Berger, Meyer (October 26, 1957)...
Wayback Machine Carmine Persico, Colombo Crime Family Boss, Is Dead at 85 SelwynRaab, The New York Times (March 8, 2019) Archived December 3, 2023, at the...
Academica Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-1-933146-29-4. Critchley, p. 144 Raab, pp. 26-27 SelwynRaab (2005). Five Families. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 978-1-4299-0798-9...
Life, By the Numbers". New York Magazine. Retrieved November 24, 2016. Raab, Selwyn (2005). Five Families: The Rise, Decline and Resurgence of America's...
that he was not the real leader of the family. However, according to SelwynRaab, organized crime reporter for The New York Times, even though prosecutors...
book, Five Families, longtime New York Times organized-crime reporter SelwynRaab wrote that a number of detectives, lawyers and organized crime experts...
Incompetence to Avoid Jail, Dies at 77, by SelwynRaab, The New York Times, December 19, 2005 Raab, Selwyn (September 3, 1995). "With Gotti Away, the...
Supp. 961 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)". June 9, 1985. Raab, pp. 203–205 Sifkakis, Carl (2005). p. 443. Raab, Selwyn (2006). Five families : the rise, decline, and...
columnist SelwynRaab wrote that a number of scholars have questioned whether Luciano was directly involved in the bonding combination. According to Raab, there...
National Convention". Salon. 26 July 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2024. Raab, Selwyn. (2006). Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's...
Silence and Pastry" By SELWYNRAAB New York Times February 20, 1993 To Prosecutors, Breakthrough After 5 Years of Scrutiny SelwynRaab, The New York Times...
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0313354519. OCLC 727948429. Raab, Selwyn (2006). Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's...
Lincoln car". The Bulletin. (Bend, Oregon). UPI. December 17, 1985. p. D4. SelwynRaab (June 11, 2002). "John Gotti Dies in Prison at 61; Mafia Boss Relished...
SelwynRaab, this would not have jeopardized Salerno's conviction at the Commission Trial or his 100-year sentence. In his book, Five Families, Raab noted...
Retrieved December 20, 2020. Carlo 2008, pp. 134–36. Raab 2005, pp. 371–75. Raab 2005, pp. 473–75. Raab, Selwyn (October 4, 2016). Five Families The Rise, Decline...
According to The New York Times journalist and Five Families author SelwynRaab, "The vivid image of a helpless victim swathed in white towels was stamped...
the father of reputed Colombo soldier Vincent Langella. Crime writer SelwynRaab described Langella as: ... a ruthless arrogant loan shark and drug trafficker...
the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020. Raab, p. 645 Raab, Selwyn (2000-04-29). "A Mafia Family's Second Wind; Authorities Say Bonannos...
2007, at the Wayback Machine Profile, time.com. Accessed May 13, 2022. SelwynRaab (2005). Five Families. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 9781429907989. Archived...
Raab, Selwyn (March 2, 1994). "Mafia Defector Says He Lost His Faith". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2013. Raab, p.1-3 Raab, p. 10-11 Raab,...
reporter SelwynRaab later wrote that the Colombos suffered more long-term damage than any other family as a result of the Commission Trial. Raab pointed...
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