Seattle Vice : Strippers, Prostitution, Dirty Money, and Crooked Cops in the Emerald City

Contents; Author's Note; Prologue; Original Sin; Erogenous Zones; Seattle Exposed; Moving Targets; Family Values; Civic Orgasms; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments; About the Author.;For more than half a century, Colacurcio and his crime family have been a force in the bars and backrooms of Seattle power and politics, an American crime-boss reign to match those of the often-glamorized Mafia dons of New York and Chicago. He notched his first major felony in his 20s, and now, at 92, faces his sixth. To the media and other impressionists, the modern portrait of Seattle is mostly swatches of Starbucks, Microsoft, and Amazon, with a godly Bill Gates lounging in the rain clouds. But "nice" Seattle's historic underbelly of corruption is one of its more enduring if lesser known im. For more than half a century, Frank Colacurcio and his crime family have been a force in the bars and backrooms of Seattle power and politics, an American crime boss reign to match those of the often-glamorized Mafia dons of New York and Chicago. Seattle Vice tells the story of the Pacific Northwest's most successful strip club owner, Frank Colacurcio, whose excessive appreciation for girls has made him both a millionaire and a convict. He notched his first major felony in his 20s, and now, at the age of 92, faces his sixth. This book is a historic snapshot of Seattle as a place of corruption and vice. And in that snapshot, Frank Colacurcio is the guy in the middle, smiling into the camera.