Jimmy the Weasel - Crime Inc. Mob Stories (Reenacted)

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David Nordenstridh continues to interpret real life mobsters from Martin Short's excellent documentary series, "Crime Inc - The true story of the Mafia". This time around David portrays Jimmy Fratianno, the most important Mafia member ever to defect. Narrator & Reporter: Niclas Camera Operator: Johan The people and their stories reenacted in this video are authentic and can all be seen in its entirety in; Crime INC. "All in the Family" & "Making of the Mob". Background Story: The year is 1982, there is an ongoing Cold War and Ronald Reagan is the President. Inflation continues to climb skyward. Productivity growth is small, when not negative. Times are hard with unemployment rates peaking at 10.8%. Art Buchwald quipped that 1980 would go down in history as the year when it was cheaper to borrow money from the Mafia than the local bank. Aladena Fratianno aka "Jimmy the Weasel", FBI Informer. A man in his early seventies. At a first glance he gives a feeling of being in control. He has a relaxed manner but behind that constant smirk on his face you can trace the beast in his black eyes. He has strong narcissistic and eccentric personal traits. He likes to dress sharp and being noticed. He cares much about his appearance "the way they care about looks in Las Vegas and Atlantic City". His dyed hair is combed up in a pompadour, but when he turns his head, streaks of gray are visible on his sides and on the back of his neck. He feels naked without his Cuban cigar which he constantly keep in his hand or stuck between his teeth. He enjoys being the center of attention and gets a kick out of all the publicity he gets from telling his stories. He is a cold blooded killer which puts him apart from regular people. He has killed and gotten away with it. A great feeling which makes him feel special. Want to get to know the real Weasel? Take a sneak peek at the "Russian Louie" story from "Crime INC - All in The Family" in the link below: http://youtu.be/MRIN7UqAr2g?t=31m50s Becoming an Informer: In combination with an indictment in 1977 on charges related to the car-bombing murder of a Cleveland racketeer, Fratianno learned that Dominic Brooklier of the Los Angeles crime family had put a "commission contract" out on his life. During the trail prosecutors confronts him with a variety of potential charges. Fratianno strikes a deal to join the witness protection program (WITSEC) and to serve the Justice Department as a witness against organized crime. At the trail he pleads guilty to the charges and serves 21 months (of his five-year sentence) in prison before traveling the country as a prosecution witness. In 1980, Fratianno testified in Los Angeles at a trial that led to the racketeering convictions of five reputed Mafia figures. Among the charged were the mob bosses, Frank "Funzi" Tieri, Carmine "Junior" Persico and the head of his own former crime family, Dominic Brooklier. As a paid informant Fratianno is protected by the federal witness protection program, which provides him with bodyguards, financial support and a series of phony identities. .