Charles `'Lucky'` Luciano
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Charles " Lucky " Luciano ( / ˌluːtʃiˈɑːnoʊ / LOO-chee-AH-noh, [1] Italian: [luˈtʃaːno]; born Salvatore Lucania [salvaˈtoːre lukaˈniːa]; [2] November 24, 1897 [nb 1] – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States.
Apr 2, 2014 · Lucky Luciano was an Italian-born American mobster best known for engineering the structure of modern organized crime in the United States.
Dec 2, 2009 · Lucky Luciano was a Mafia boss who took control of the Five Families of New York City and established a National Crime Syndicate before his conviction in 1936.
Lucky Luciano (born November 11, 1896, Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy—died January 26, 1962, Naples) was the most powerful chief of American organized crime in the early 1930s and a major influence even from prison in 1936–45 and after deportation to Italy in 1946.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 23, 2024 · Learn how Lucky Luciano rose from a Sicilian immigrant to the leader of the National Crime Syndicate and the Mafia Commission. Discover his role in Prohibition, his partnership with Meyer Lansky, and his legacy in the criminal underworld.
- Carly Silver
May 14, 2018 · Learn about the life and crimes of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, a notorious mobster who rose to power in New York and became the "boss of bosses" of the Mafia. Find out how he survived a brutal attack, orchestrated a gang war, and was deported to Italy.
Learn about the life and legacy of Lucky Luciano, the Sicilian-born mobster who became the chairman of the board of the national criminal syndicate. Discover how he rose to power, faced prosecution, and influenced the Mafia in the U.S. and abroad.
