'Operation Family Secrets': Inside the FBI takedown that shattered the Chicago Outfit

The Brief

"Operation Family Secrets," launched 20 years ago, is considered the most significant mob prosecution in U.S. history.

It began when Frank Calabrese Jr. secretly cooperated with the FBI against his father, a notorious Chicago mobster.

The case led to charges in nearly two dozen murders and helped dismantle the Chicago Outfit’s leadership.


Part 1 of a 2 part series aired tonight on Fox 32 Chicago.

SPECIAL REPORT: Mob hits, hidden wires, and a son who betrayed his father to end a legacy of crime — 20 years later, we revisit the Chicago case.

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