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Federal Prosecutor Fred Wyshak Reflects On His Career Fighting Organized Crime In Boston

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In this June 28 photo, federal prosecutor Fred Wyshak poses at his office in the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston. Behind nearly every effort to take out big-time Massachusetts mobsters over the last three decades there has been one constant: Wyshak. (Charles Krupa/AP)
In this June 28 photo, federal prosecutor Fred Wyshak poses at his office in the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston. Behind nearly every effort to take out big-time Massachusetts mobsters over the last three decades there has been one constant: Wyshak. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Fred Wyshak was the lead prosecutor in nearly all of the organized crime cases in Boston over the last 30 years. In the wake of Frank "Cadillac" Salemme's conviction last month, Wyshak sat down with WBUR's Deborah Becker to give his perspective on whether the book has been closed on organized crime in Boston.

Guests

Fred Wyshak, federal prosecutor.

Deborah Becker, WBUR reporter. She tweets @wburdebbecker.

This segment aired on July 12, 2018.

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