Organized Crime & Gangsters Primer with Expert Christian Cipollini for Writers, Screenwriters & Producers

Award-Winning author Christian Cipollini is a freelance journalist, book author (https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Cipollini/e/B00CP95F4K), organized crime historian and collector. A frequent guest lecturer at universities and a consultant to movie and television producers, Cipollini has also appeared as a consultant on episodes of Reelz Channel Series "Gangsters: America's Most Evil," History Channel Series "United Stuff of America" , AHC's 'America: Facts vs. Fiction', and served as a consultant & Location Producer on National Geographic Channel’s critically-acclaimed series DRUGS, INC. You can learn more about Christian and his work at www.GangLandLegends.com.

Topics covered include:

• An overview of organized crime. What it is and isn’t, the problems it “solves”, and the problems it causes.
  
• A quick but important timeline for organized crime in America from the 1900’s through to the modern day. The Mob, versus the Mafia, versus the Drug Cartels, and why distinctions matter.
  
• A primer on the origin, temperament, and tactics of organized criminals. What Hollywood usually gets right and what it gets wrong.
  
• Organized crime in America today. Major conflicts, major players, and major impacts we see every day.
  

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