Jan 30 2025 9 mins
In 1970 the Rochester crime family boss Frank Valenti ordered a series of false flag bombings, hoping to draw the federal authorities’ attention away from his criminal organization and onto anti-war activists.
Sources
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires by Selwyn Raab
American Mafia: The History of its Rise to Power by Thomas Repetto
The New York City Historical Society exhibit on the Italian-American Mafia