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Research Paper On John Gotti

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History.com Editors. “John Gotti.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2 Dec. 2009, https://www.history.com/topics/crime/john-gotti. This text gives the story of Gotti’s life, specifically his rise to power and then imprisonment. Even in his early life, this Italian New Yorker was involved in the crimes of the Gambino family by running errands and doing smaller theft jobs. After committing his first murder (Jimmy McBratney), Gotti found himself in prison, and in doing so, rose in ranks in the Gambino family. Later in his life, Gotti and his associates orchestrated the murder of the head of the Gambino Family, Paul Castellano, leaving Gotti as the new boss. The FBI pressured the Gambino family’s new underboss, Sammy Gravano, into testifying against Gotti, the mob leader was finally …show more content…

In this article, the FBI recounts its multiple run-ins with John Gotti, a famed New York Mobster. Soon after his rise to power as head of the Gambino Crime Family, the FBI began gaining incriminating evidence against Gotti through wiretaps, mob informants, and undercover agents. Finally, after the murder of Paul Castellano, Gotti’s associate “Sammy the Bull” Gravano cooperated with the FBI, leading to Gotti’s arrest. On April 2, 1992, Gotti was convicted on 13 counts, including the murder of Castellano, racketeering, extortion, jury tampering, and other crimes.
In writing an essay on this subject I would most likely use this source. This is because it is an article written and posted by the FBI, the very government organization that investigated and caught Gotti. While it doesn’t go into heavy detail about the investigation or trial, it still clearly explains how they got the evidence that would be used to charge him.
*RicardoGrice. “1993 Special Report: Full Sammy ‘The Rat’ Gravano Testimony to U.S. Senate.” YouTube, YouTube, 13 Sept. 2019,

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