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Dan E. Moldea

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Substack, Deadline Detroit, Five Books, Washington Independent Review of Books, Finno Expert
Covers:  Organized crime and political corruption in government, businesses, labor unions, the law-enforcement community, the entertainment industry, professional sports, and the news media, among others.
Doesn't Cover: Psycho killers, foreign-intelligence intrigue, disorganized crime
Author (ten non-fiction books) and investigative consultant. Specialties: True crime, focusing on investigations of organized crime and political corruption.

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Dan E. Moldea’s Biography

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A specialist on investigations of organized crime and political corruption since 1974, best-selling author and investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea has published ten non-fiction books: The Hoffa Wars: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa (1978); The Hunting of Cain: A True Story of Money, Greed, and Fratricide (1983); Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob (1986); Interference: How Organized Crime Influences Professional Football (1989); The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An Investigat…

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The Jimmy Hoffa disappearance: The 46th anniversary

The Jimmy Hoffa disappearance: The 46th anniversary

Editor's note: Since July 30, 1975, the law enforcement community on the federal, state and local levels, alo…

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Zeroing in on Jimmy Hoffa's unmarked grave

Zeroing in on Jimmy Hoffa's unmarked grave

On July 8, The Mob Museum published an essay by investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea - author of The Hoffa …

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Finding Jimmy Hoffa

Finding Jimmy Hoffa

After investigating the Jimmy Hoffa murder case since Hoffa's disappearance forty-five years ago this month, …

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Money, Politics, and Corruption in U.S. Higher Education: The Stories of Whistleblowers

Money, Politics, and Corruption in U.S. Higher Education: The Stories of Whistleblowers

From Louis Clark's Introduction to Money, Politics, and Corruption in U.S. Higher Education: "Author D…

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Hollywood Confidential: A True Story of Wiretapping, Friendship, and Betrayal

Hollywood Confidential: A True Story of Wiretapping, Friendship, and Betrayal

In May 2003, I became involved in a doomed book project with reporter Anita Busch about the federal investiga…

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Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer: Adventures in the Jungles of Crime, Politics, and Journalism

Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer: Adventures in the Jungles of Crime, Politics, and Journalism

*Confession of a Guerrilla Writer* is the memoir of the author and investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea, wh…

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Hillary Clinton revealed "a vast right-wing conspiracy" against her husband. . . . And she was right (Part 4)

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By Dan E. Moldea
| Substack
The 2026 midterm elections are 100 days from today. And there are lessons to be learned. . . . Here at Mobology, the past is prologue. Through this series, I hope to contribute to the ongoing action by revisiting the drama of the last major crisis in the American presidency. I played a little-known but key role in that story. According, in part, to AI Perplexity: Yes.
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My 2nd appeal to AG Pam Bondi to release all DOJ/FBI documents about the roles of Hoffa, Marcello, and Trafficante in the JFK murder

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By Dan E. Moldea
| Substack
I made my first plea to Attorney General Pam Bondi for real full disclosure on April 20, 2025: “An appeal to AG Pam Bondi to unseal JFK-murder-related DOJ/FBI files about Jimmy Hoffa, Carlos Marcello, and Santo Trafficante: Why hasn't Carlos Marcello's taped confession about his role in the JFK murder been released?” This column is my second appeal to AG Bondi, based on updated published and unpublished excerpts from my body of work.
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Remembering Ronald Goldfarb

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By Dan E. Moldea
| Washington Independent Review of Books Verified
Attorney, literary agent, and longtime Independent contributor Ronald Goldfarb, one of the most appreciated and respected advocates of Washington’s distinguished community of writers and authors, died on May 4th. He was 91. A whiz kid from North Bergen, New Jersey, Ron was born in Jersey City on October 16, 1933. He entered Syracuse University at the age of 16 and enrolled in its law school at 19.
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