Mafia Defectors and Origins of Witness Protection Program
I prefer Defectors , while the unwashed mass media, which tends to view everything in black and white, uses Rats . Stefano Magaddino posed the threat prompting Witsec. Defector, based on its historical definition, is more accurate, I believe: A defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state. More broadly, it involves abandoning a person, cause, or doctrine to which one is bound by some tie, as of allegiance or duty. ... This list of names of guys who flipped is a work in progress, ongoing for a couple of years now. The original focus was on New York's Five Families, but I've expanded it to include others. Two things to consider while we're on this topic: Firstly, the Witness Protection Program began with Pascal "Paddy" Calabrese and was a direct response to Buffalo mob boss Stefano Magaddino. While serving a five-year stre...
