# @londonrealtv on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd_fLwqIK_B
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14872738-londonrealtv-instagram
- **Posted:** 2022-05-25T19:02:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** London Real (@londonrealtv) — https://gondola.cc/londonrealtv

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NEW EPISODE ▶️ Michael Franzese - Mafia Democracy: Former Mafia Captain Michael Franzese on How Governments Became a Mob Racket. 👀 

Michael Franzese is the former American mobster and caporegime of the feared Colombo crime family, turned motivational speaker, and author.

Having grown up as the son of notorious Underboss and mob enforcer John ‘Sonny’ Franzese, Michael’s formative years were spent surrounded by some of the most serious villains in the New York underworld.

“The Life” as it is often referred to, should have been Michael’s raison d’etre from an early age but in what seems a somewhat complicated departure, Michael was encouraged by his feared father to pursue a legitimate lifestyle, and make use of his studious mind and sharp wits.

However, when Sonny was indicted in federal court and sentenced to 50 years behind bars, Michael was catapulted into the underworld and all the baggage it brings.

Michael quickly found his feet and with a strong head for business and a relentless work ethic, avoided the traditional mob domains, instead masterminding some of the most daring and uncompromising scams on the edge of the legitimate business world, that saw him become one of the Mafia’s most successful earners since Al Capone.

💰 In fact, so successful was Michael’s scheming, he was at one stage turning over close to $10 million a week and some years later the Fed even suggested this might have touched a billion dollars a year.

🚨 Of course we’ve all seen how this story ends in the movies, and life often does imitate art, as the FBI and the long arm of the law circled their prey, Michael became victim to that most obvious finale. As associates turned informers, Michael was indicted in New York and Florida in 1985. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and his world came crashing down.

🍿 Watch this new interview to find out how he turned it all around: londonreal.tv/franzese 

#mafia #mafiademocracy michaelfranzese_

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