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American organized crime". He concludes from evidence, including interviews with the surviving members of the family, that Lansky's wealth and influence had been grossly exaggerated. His second wife's granddaughter told the author T. J. English that at the time of his death in 1983, Lansky left only $ 57,000 in cash, equivalent to $ 147,000 in 2023 terms. When asked in his later years what went wrong in Cuba, the gangster offered no excuses. "I crapped out", he said. Lansky told people that he had lost almost every penny in Cuba and that he was barely scraping by.
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Hospital here. He was 81 years old. Mr. Lansky was admitted to the hospital Dec. 31 suffering from dehydration, according to Joyce Clark, a spokesman for the hospital. Mr. Lansky lived in the
Imperial House, a high-rise waterfront condominium in Miami Beach.... Mr. Lansky was married twice. His first
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Despite this reprieve, Siegel continued to lose money on the
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describes his financially strained circumstances in the last two decades of his life and his inability to pay for health care for his handicapped son, who eventually died in poverty. For Lacey, there was no evidence "to sustain the notion of Lansky as king of all evil, the brains, the secret mover,
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Yorkville section of Manhattan: "The stage was decorated with a swastika and a picture of Hitler. The speakers started ranting. There were only fifteen of us, but we went into action. We … threw some of them out the windows…Most of the Nazis
428:. The speakers started ranting. There were only fifteen of us, but we went into action. We threw some of them out the windows. Most of the Nazis panicked and ran out. We chased them and beat them up. We wanted to show them that Jews would not always sit back and accept insults."
1066:. The Israeli government reserved discretion to exclude Jews with a criminal past from permanently settling in the country. Two years after his arrival, Lansky was deported back to the U.S. The federal government brought Lansky to trial with the testimony of loan shark
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as an extra bonus. Import duties were waived on materials for hotel construction, and Cuban contractors with the right "in" made windfalls by importing much more than was needed and selling the surplus to others for hefty profits. It was rumored that besides the
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to discuss Siegel's management of the
Flamingo Hotel, which was running far behind schedule and costing Siegel's Mafia investors a great deal of money. While the other bosses wanted to kill Siegel, Lansky begged them to give his friend a second chance.
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again, the other investors decided that Siegel was finished. It is widely believed that Lansky himself was compelled to give the final okay on eliminating Siegel due to his long relationship with him and his stature in the organization.
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Lansky for protection money on his walk home from school. Luciano respected the younger boy's defiant responses to his threats, and the two formed a lasting partnership thereafter. They later associated with veteran gangster
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ships in great numbers along the eastern seaboard and the
Caribbean coast, and there was great fear of attack or sabotage by Nazi sympathizers. Lansky connected the ONI with Luciano, who reportedly instructed
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who had spent years investigating Lansky, said that the key to understanding Lansky lay with the people around him, "Meyer Lansky doesn't own property. He owns people". To him, the FBI and
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was appointed as kingpin for the mob, to rule from Cuba until such time as he could find a legitimate way back into the U.S. Entertainment at the conference was provided by, among others,
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in 1932, used in the 1950s for cash from the heroin trade. The full extent of this role has been the subject of some debate, as Lansky himself denied many of the accusations against him.
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marriage, in 1929 to the former Anna Citron, ended in divorce in 1946. The couple had two sons, Bernard and Paul, and a daughter, Sandra. In 1948 he married Thelma Schwarz, a
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official. This deal secured the release of Luciano from prison; in exchange, the Mafia would provide security for the warships that were being built along the docks in
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to gain influence with politicians, policemen and judges. One stage for the acquisition of blackmail materials was orgies held by late attorney and Hoover protégé,
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from background checks. As long as they made the required investment, they were provided with public matching funds for construction, a ten-year tax exemption and
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fictionalizes "one last caper" by the aged, but spry, Lansky, involving a violent chase of a lost cocaine shipment. It is set in 1982 Miami and Florida Keys.
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were ruling. On January 8, 1959, Castro and his revolutionaries took control of Havana, setting up a command post in the Hilton. The new Cuban president,
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from 1934 sanctioned the money laundering by "banks whose officials knew very well they were working for criminals". By 1936, Lansky had established
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panicked and ran out. We chased them and beat them up…We wanted to show them that Jews would not always sit back and accept insults."
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to get a license, sometimes more was required under the table. Periodic payoffs were requested and received by corrupt politicians.
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Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series
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Meyer Lansky: The Shadowy Exploits of New York's Master Manipulator
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Meyer Lansky: The Shadowy Exploits of New York's Master Manipulator
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importation of equipment and furnishings. The government would get
2482:"Exclusive: Daughter Blows Lid off of Meyer Lanskys Mafia Secrets"
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by Stuart Slade, Meyer Lansky runs Cuba as the head of the Mafia.
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2348:"FBI releases files on President Trump's late lawyer, Roy Cohn"
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2522:"Family of late US gangster wants compensation for Cuba hotel"
2334:"FBI files reveal powerful New York mob figure's Chicago ties"
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2145:. warfarehistorynetwork.com. January 13, 2017. Archived from
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Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover
493:. To protect himself from the type of prosecution which sent
2488:. Hollywood News. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010
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The Havana Conference was held on December 22, 1946, at the
2229:"Mafia und Banken (1/3) - Die Pionierzeit - Die ganze Doku"
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Cuban Revolution and flight to Bahamas (1959 and the 1960s)
2739:. Little, Brown and Company; Boston Toronto London 1991.
1062:, any Jew may legally settle in the State of Israel and
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Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
2121:"U.S. Merchant Ships Sunk or Damaged in World War II"
1859:"Polak Potrafi. Ten został szefem wszystkich szefów"
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2836:'Havana' Revisited: An American Gangster in Cuba
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1989:"Offshore Banking: The Secret Threat to America"
1955:Organized Crime," Cengage Learning, 2009, p. 115
1387:actor Marc Grapey played Lansky in two episodes.
540:On June 20, 1947, Siegel was shot and killed in
473:to prevent sabotage on the New York waterfront.
1747:Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023).
2737:Little man. Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life
2678:Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams
2634:Additional reference for film and television:
1898:Little Man: Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life
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2751:Daughter of the King: Growing up in Gangland
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1900:. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991.
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1266:Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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2705:Dear, Muffo: 35 Years in the Fast Lane
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1935:. Press of Atlantic City. May 13, 2009
1921:, Basic Books, New York, 2011, p. 193.
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4899:List of dry communities by U.S. state
2650:Additional reference for literature:
1535:In the 2011 memoir of cocaine cowboy
1455:, Meyer Lansky is played by Ian Bell.
509:, where anonymity was assured by the
153:figure who, along with his associate
16:Russian-American gangster (1902–1983)
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4971:Swedish prohibition referendum, 1922
2636:Meyer Lansky II (February 4, 2016).
2563:Sheppard, R. Z. (November 4, 1991).
2066:"But They Were Good to Their People"
1812:Gage, Nicholas (November 15, 1971).
1548:Lansky is a supporting character in
1006:Sexual blackmail and J. Edgar Hoover
652:adding citations to reliable sources
575:in initially establishing his hold.
408:. He recalled a particular rally in
251:". In 1911, Lansky emigrated to the
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2753:. New York, Weinstein Books, 2014.
2468:The Private Lives of Public Enemies
2415:"LANSKY ACQUITTED OF EVADING TAXES"
1786:"The Lost Journals of Meyer Lansky"
1484:presidential candidate into office.
1333:portrays the aging gangster, while
1116:Hank Messick, a journalist for the
397:World War II involvement, 1938-1945
102:Mount Nebo Cemetery, Miami, Florida
5772:Deaths from lung cancer in Florida
5021:Woman's Christian Temperance Union
4819:21st Amendment (U.S. Constitution)
4814:18th Amendment (U.S. Constitution)
2609:. January 30, 2004. Archived from
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2070:American Jewish Historical Society
940:Marta Fernandez Miranda de Batista
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4129:List of Italian-American mobsters
2200:"Dewey Commutes Luciano Sentence"
1815:"Meyer Lansky, underworld genius"
1643:, Carl Sifakis, 2005, pp. 250–253
822:Albert "The Mad Hatter" Anastasia
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517:in Switzerland, which he used to
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2638:"The Many Faces of Meyer Lansky"
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5832:People from the Lower East Side
5792:History of Clark County, Nevada
5712:20th-century American criminals
5248:National Prohibition Party (UK)
4511:Italian-American National Union
2825:Meyer Lansky: The Official Site
2707:. New York, Stein and Day, 1982
1987:Komisar, Lucy (April 1, 2003).
1768:Gross Domestic Product deflator
1452:The Making of the Mob: New York
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606:or discuss these issues on the
316:Luciano had a vision to form a
5001:Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
4986:Temperance (Scotland) Act 1913
4651:Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
2719:Meyer Lansky: Mogul of the mob
1847:pp. 14–16, Art Montague – 2005
1801:– via americanmafia.com.
1390:In the 1999 made-for-TV movie
1184:. Additionally, the character
513:. Lansky eventually bought an
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312:Gambling operations, 1929-1945
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2673:. Boston: Little, Brown, 1984
2094:Lovy, Howard (June 6, 2022).
2045:"How Jews Shaped Miami Beach"
1749:"What Was the U.S. GDP Then?"
1582:The 2016 book of photographs
891:In 1952, Lansky offered then-
485:to place Siegel in charge of
477:The Flamingo Hotel, 1946-1947
5822:People from Grodnensky Uyezd
5807:Jews from the Russian Empire
5782:Gangsters from New York City
3695:List of Mafia crime families
2373:Journal of Palestine Studies
2367:Calhoun, Ricky-Dale (2007).
1784:Cohen, Gary (January 2006).
1659:"Meyer Lansky is Dead at 81"
1438:, Meyer Lansky is played by
1264:, who was nominated for the
830:Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno
450:Office of Naval Intelligence
303:, until his murder in 1928.
5817:People deported from Israel
5232:Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith
4849:American Temperance Society
4380:Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan
3962:(Northeastern Pennsylvania)
2543:"Disorganized Crime Boss".
1491:, the 2009 one-act play by
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1227:Once Upon a Time in America
1068:Vincent "Fat Vinnie" Teresa
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5259:Scottish Prohibition Party
1875:p. 17, Art Montague – 2005
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5837:Prohibition-era gangsters
5797:Jewish American gangsters
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2640:. Huffpost Entertainment.
2306:Summers, Anthony (2012).
2256:"When the Mob Owned Cuba"
2123:. Usmm.org. June 13, 1945
2100:Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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5767:Criminals from Manhattan
5597:Relation to other groups
5563:Atlantic City Conference
4837:Western Australian, 1950
4827:Western Australian, 1925
4600:Operation Family Secrets
4531:National Crime Syndicate
4241:Atlantic City Conference
3578:Relation to other groups
2832:– Jewish Virtual Library
2721:. Paddington Press, 1979
2448:"Meyer Lansky Biography"
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1613:Jewish-Israeli musician
1584:Organized Crime in Miami
1209:, based on the story of
1050:In 1970, Lansky fled to
1014:with his longtime aide,
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858:New Orleans crime family
530:secret meeting in Havana
318:national crime syndicate
159:National Crime Syndicate
5732:American male criminals
5212:William Harvey Thompson
5172:The LaMontages brothers
4991:United Kingdom Alliance
4496:East Harlem Purple Gang
4365:Colacurcio Organization
2807:. Skunkie Enterprises.
2789:Piper, Michael Collins
2767:. New York, Putnam 1971
2728:, William Morrow, 2008/
1711:Encyclopedia Britannica
1377:In the 1993 revival of
1354:The Gangster Chronicles
1078:Personal life and death
870:"Trigger-Happy" Charlie
774:. He secretly moved to
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292:Charles "Lucky" Luciano
276:Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
155:Charles "Lucky" Luciano
5762:Criminals from Florida
5722:American anti-fascists
5621:Anastasia crime family
5616:Las Vegas crime family
5047:Thomas Holliday Barker
4445:Velentzas Organization
4415:Philadelphia Greek Mob
4328:Mafia Commission Trial
4322:Pizza Connection Trial
3912:10th & Oregon Crew
3827:Greenwich Village Crew
3684:Italian-American Mafia
3535:Mafia Commission Trial
3437:Greenwich Village Crew
1966:"Genovese family saga"
1467:New York City Gangland
1374:, was based on Lansky.
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511:1934 Swiss Banking Act
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5787:Genovese crime family
5727:American crime bosses
5626:Gagliano crime family
5117:Frederic Richard Lees
5011:Wickersham Commission
4879:Bureau of Prohibition
4832:New South Wales, 1928
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4400:Musitano crime family
4172:Black Hand in Chicago
3902:Angiulo's Boston crew
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2895:Genovese crime family
2680:. Vintage books, 1999
2486:www.hollywoodnews.com
2356:. September 27, 2019.
1530:Ride of the Valkyries
1404:as Benny Siegel, and
1165:The Godfather Part II
846:Santo Trafficante Jr.
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5636:Luciano crime family
5631:Profaci crime family
5320:Murder, Incorporated
4615:Operation Underworld
4605:Operation Old Bridge
4536:New Springville Boys
4420:Rizzuto crime family
4410:Papalia crime family
4395:Luppino crime family
4385:Inzerillo Mafia clan
4375:Cotroni crime family
4259:Palermo Mafia summit
3751:New Springville Boys
2803:Rubin, Sunny (2011)
2714:. Bantam Books, 1986
2712:The Boardwalk Jungle
2669:Birmingham, Stephen
2549:. October 13, 1991.
2336:. November 30, 2019.
2273:s (April 25, 2023).
2260:Smithsonian Magazine
1589:The 2019 comic book
1556:' 1995 follow-up to
1519:If The Dead Rise Not
1425:in all five seasons.
1268:for his performance.
1108:Lansky's biographer
1087:Miami Beach, Florida
896:Carlos PrĂo Socarrás
648:improve this article
454:Operation Underworld
406:German-American Bund
255:through the port of
5584:Castellammarese War
5197:Howard Hyde Russell
5016:Willis–Campbell Act
4981:Temperance movement
4884:Cullen–Harrison Act
4747:Alcohol prohibition
4677:Buster from Chicago
4641:Hired Truck Program
4620:Operation Wasteland
4546:South Brooklyn Boys
4521:Marat Balagula gang
4305:Castellammarese War
3837:Springfield faction
3617:The Bugs-Meyer gang
3612:Philadelphia family
3564:Castellammarese War
3447:Springfield faction
3163:Federico Giovanelli
2805:Mafia Mother-In-Law
2601:"Bending the Truth"
2312:. Open Road Media.
1770:figures follow the
997:Manuel Urrutia LleĂł
924:venture capitalists
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143:Maier Suchowljansky
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5827:People from Grodno
5757:Burials in Florida
5475:Aniello Dellacroce
5042:Harry J. Anslinger
4936:Neo-prohibitionism
4926:Molly Pitcher Club
4854:Anti-Saloon League
4656:Rochester bombings
4541:Rudaj Organization
4516:Maceo Organization
4471:Bumpy Johnson gang
4466:Bugs and Meyer Mob
4425:Sacra Corona Unita
4276:Kefauver Committee
3922:Midwestern/Western
3862:New Jersey faction
3832:New Jersey faction
3746:Motion Lounge crew
3700:Mafia bibliography
3495:Kefauver Committee
3442:New Jersey faction
3418:Factions and crews
3268:Rudolph Santobello
3233:Anthony Provenzano
3213:Joseph Luco Pagano
3193:Carlo Mastrototaro
3083:Dominick Canterino
3015:Alphonse Malangone
2919:Vincenzo Terranova
2524:. Associated Press
2480:Welkos, Robert W.
2419:The New York Times
2207:The New York Times
2149:on October 8, 2016
1953:Howard Abadinsky,
1820:The Ottawa Journal
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1664:The New York Times
1641:Mafia encyclopedia
1606:affiliated rapper
1565:In the 2015 novel
1542:American Desperado
1528:In the 2009 novel
1517:In the 2009 novel
1478:Stephen J. Cannell
1472:In the 1996 novel
1277:, he is played by
1140:In popular culture
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507:Swiss bank account
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2019:Los Angeles Times
1917:David Pietrusza,
1857:Wojciech Orliński
1692:Midtown Manhattan
1619:Another Passenger
1559:The Carpetbaggers
1408:as Lucky Luciano.
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1323:In the 2021 film
1306:In the 2015 film
1293:In the 2005 film
1284:In the 2002 film
1271:In the 1991 film
1254:In the 1991 film
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202:offshore banking
198:money laundering
164:A member of the
147:Mob's Accountant
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79:January 15, 1983
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5667:Thomas E. Dewey
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5470:Philip Kovolick
5435:Harry Greenberg
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5360:
5346:Lepke Buchalter
5341:Benjamin Siegel
5322:
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5287:
5282:
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5227:Frances Willard
5217:Andrew Volstead
5182:The Purple Gang
5147:J. Howard Moore
5087:J. Edgar Hoover
5025:
5006:Webb–Kenyon Act
4802:
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4744:
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4709:
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4551:Tanglewood Boys
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3324:Attilio Bitondo
3319:Thomas Andretta
3302:
3278:Anthony Strollo
3273:Saverio Santora
3263:Anthony Salerno
3198:Michele Miranda
3108:Michael Coppola
3088:Anthony Carfano
3073:Richard Boiardo
3034:
2963:Current members
2958:
2954:Liborio Bellomo
2949:Vincent Gigante
2944:Philip Lombardo
2897:
2892:
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2735:Lacey, Robert:
2703:Conrad, Harold
2683:Colhoun, Jack.
2666:
2664:Further reading
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2846:"Meyer Lansky"
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5509:Associate(s)
5485:Harry Maione
5421:Past members
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5275:
5187:George Remus
5167:Roy Olmstead
5132:Owney Madden
5112:Meyer Lansky
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3208:James Napoli
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5445:Joe Valachi
5408:Lou Kravitz
5381:Lieutenants
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5276:Prohibition
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5077:Frank Hamer
4976:Teetotalism
4946:Rum-running
4864:Bathtub gin
4687:Shotgun Man
4486:The Council
4405:'Ndrangheta
4330:(1985–1986)
4324:(1985–1987)
4307:(1929–1931)
4301:(1914–1917)
4278:(1950–1951)
4089:Consigliere
4045:Trafficante
4005:New Orleans
3944:Los Angeles
3939:Kansas City
3566:(1929–1931)
3560:(1914–1917)
3541:Window Case
3497:(1950–1951)
3468:Purple Gang
3395:Frank Lucas
3334:Fotios Geas
3314:Evsei Agron
3288:Frank Tieri
3118:Peter DeFeo
3068:John Ardito
3058:Vincent Alo
3020:Louis Manna
2528:December 9,
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1791:Ocean Drive
1683:Mount Sinai
1550:The Raiders
1537:Jon Roberts
1523:Philip Kerr
1367:Crime Story
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1249:Mark Rydell
1218:James Woods
1182:Vincent Alo
1091:lung cancer
1036:Prohibition
956:US$ 250,000
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900:US$ 250,000
898:a bribe of
878:Phil Kastel
764:deportation
499:tax evasion
432:When Judge
391:clip joints
360:New Orleans
288:Prohibition
280:bootlegging
274:Lansky met
190:New Orleans
107:Nationality
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5691:Categories
5500:Red Levine
5162:Eliot Ness
5152:Bugs Moran
4951:Rum Patrol
4889:Dry county
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4096:Caporegime
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3880:East Coast
3383:Informants
3307:Associates
3243:Joseph Rao
3053:Joe Adonis
3010:Alan Longo
3005:Daniel Leo
1688:manicurist
1629:References
1287:Undisputed
1186:Moe Greene
1178:Johnny Ola
1174:U.S. Steel
1152:Hyman Roth
1064:naturalize
908:US$ 25,000
838:Moe Dalitz
818:Joe Adonis
799:racetracks
698:neutrality
603:improve it
554:Moe Sedway
546:California
227:Early life
166:Jewish mob
53:1902-07-04
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5127:Sam Maceo
5057:Al Capone
4966:Speakeasy
4931:Moonshine
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4059:Structure
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3971:Colorado
3960:Bufalino
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3710:Families
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2691:OR Books
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1774:series.
1615:Sagol 59
1598:In music
1474:The Plan
1435:Mob City
1274:Mobsters
1028:Roy Cohn
702:disputed
452:(ONI)'s
422:swastika
372:gambling
269:New York
243:), to a
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5365:Adviser
5268:Related
4956:Rum row
4778:Iceland
4773:Finland
4561:Westies
4454:Defunct
4360:Camorra
4103:Soldato
4047:(Tampa)
3993:Morello
3934:Detroit
3929:Chicago
3887:Buffalo
3783:Gambino
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3767:Colombo
3732:Bonanno
3638:Westies
3456:Defunct
2654:"Meyer"
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2279:HISTORY
1993:Dissent
1797:May 26,
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1411:In the
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1145:In film
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780:casinos
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5030:People
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