FBI agent dismantles DeCavalcante crime family, the real-life inspiration for the Sopranos
The FBI’s Long Pursuit of the ‘Real Sopranos’ The FBI had been tracking the DeCavalcante crime family, the real-life mob behind HBO’s “The Sopranos,” for decades. In 1999, a pivotal arrest changed the game completely. Seamus McElhaney, a former FBI agent, noted that the agency’s decision to flip a violent mob soldier triggered a chain […]