In a pending trial in the Eastern District of New York, former mafia Don Joseph Massino is cooperating with the federal government and testifying against his successor Don Vinny Basciano. This event is a major shift in what is generally known about the mafia the mob families bosses. While there has been plenty of instances of former mafia members who turned into cooperating witnesses, cases where mob bosses cooperate are few and far between.

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