Joe Valachi......although if my memory serves me correctly he was not the first person to talk he was the first high-profile mafioso to talk. I say him because of what the Mafia is today, if the Mafia was powerful and still growing as it did in the 30's/40's/50's my vote would go to Lansky/Luciano, but what they did was not influential enough for what is going on today. Valachi had more of a lasting influence on the mafia, positive or negative (depending on how you look at it) it was still the most influential in terms of how they act today.


"You gave your word, I never gave mine"
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