National Crime Syndicate

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criminal organization organized crime syndicate

The National Crime Syndicate was a confederation of American organized crime groups, including major Mafia and Jewish mob figures, that coordinated nationwide criminal activities during the early to mid-20th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	criminal organization ⓘ organized crime syndicate ⓘ
coordinationRole	coordinated nationwide criminal activities in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	mid-20th century ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Irish-American associates ⓘ Italian-American ⓘ Jewish-American ⓘ
fieldOfWork	extortion ⓘ gambling ⓘ labor racketeering ⓘ loan sharking ⓘ murder for hire ⓘ organized crime ⓘ racketeering ⓘ
hasPart	Murder, Inc. ⓘ surface form: American Mafia Commission (American Mafia) ⓘ Chicago Outfit ⓘ surface form: Italian-American Mafia families Jewish Mob ⓘ Jewish-American crime groups ⓘ Murder, Inc. ⓘ
inception	1930s ⓘ
location	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
mainlyActiveInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ
notableFor	cooperation between Mafia and Jewish mob figures ⓘ national-level organization of American organized crime ⓘ
notableMember	Albert Anastasia ⓘ Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel ⓘ surface form: Bugsy Siegel Dutch Schultz ⓘ Frank Costello ⓘ Frank Nitti ⓘ Joe Adonis ⓘ Lepke Buchalter ⓘ Longy Zwillman ⓘ Louis Buchalter ⓘ Lucky Luciano ⓘ Meyer Lansky ⓘ Vito Genovese ⓘ
operationalArea	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ surface form: Chicago Cleveland ⓘ Detroit ⓘ Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ surface form: Las Vegas Miami ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New Orleans ⓘ New York City ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ
significantEvent	Atlantic City Conference ⓘ Castellammarese War aftermath ⓘ Havana Conference ⓘ creation of Murder, Inc. ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago Outfit → alliedWith → National Crime Syndicate ⓘ

Murder, Inc. → associatedWith → National Crime Syndicate ⓘ

Meyer Lansky → coFounded → National Crime Syndicate ⓘ

Bugsy → criminalOrganization → National Crime Syndicate ⓘ

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel → memberOf → National Crime Syndicate ⓘ

Benjamin → memberOf → National Crime Syndicate ⓘ

subject surface form: Benjamin Siegel

Meyer Lansky → memberOf → National Crime Syndicate ⓘ