Seamus McElearneySeamus McElearney joined the FBI in 1998 as a special agent initially assigned to investigate organized crime at the local, federal, and international levels. For the next fifteen years, his tactical and strategic decisions led to the takedown of theDeCavalcante, Bonanno, and Colombo crime families. In 2011, McElearney-then a supervisor-spearheaded the largest Mafia arrest in FBI history, comprising 127 defendants across the United States and Italy. The record holds to this day. McElearney is a subject matter expert for New York City reporters who write about La Cosa Nostra criminal activities in the northeast United States. In 2013, McElearney was invited to the White House as a Service to America Medal finalist for leading "lengthy undercover investigations that have severely disrupted two of New York's notorious and violent organized crime families." McElearney retired from the FBI in April 2019. He is now global head of corporate security at a major financial institution. Read More Read Less