Mr Caracappa was a former member of the New York Police Department's organised crime homicide unit, while Mr Eppolito - son of Gambino footsoldier Ralph "Fat the Gangster" - co-authored the 1992 book Mafia Cop: The Story of an Honest Cop Whose Family Was the Mob.

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