The Ravenite Transcripts: John Gotti's Secret Meetings In Mrs. Cirelli's Apartment

“Now Neil was a man’s man. He wouldn’t betray nothin’.” -- John Gotti on the Ravenite transcripts The FBI surreptitiously recorded about 600 hours of discussions in the apartment above the Ravenite social club, six hours of which were entered into evidence during the 1992 murder and racketeering trial of John Gotti and his consiglieri Frank Locascio. And in an ongoing series we'll present as much of them as we can... The FBI agents were acting under a federal statute that permits government agents to break and enter into homes and businesses or other locations where there is probable cause to believe that criminal activity will occur. By 1987, the FBI had “limited success” with electronic surveillance and began to look for locations to plant bugs to spy on Gotti. Bruce Mouw, the leader of the Gambino squad, chose the Ravenite Social Club at 247 Mulberry Street in Little Italy as the best place to attempt a surveillance effort. But the acoustics of the club...