Murder, Inc.
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Murder, Inc. was a notorious organized crime group in the 1930s–1940s that served as the enforcement arm of the American Mafia, carrying out contract killings for various crime families.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contract killing organization
→
enforcement arm of the American Mafia → organized crime group → |
| activeInDecade |
1930s
→
1940s → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Murder, Inc.
→
surface form: "Murder Incorporated"
|
| associatedWith |
Murder, Inc.
→
surface form: "American Mafia"
National Crime Syndicate → |
| basedIn |
Brooklyn
→
New York City → |
| controlledBy |
Albert Anastasia
→
Lepke Buchalter →
surface form: "Louis "Lepke" Buchalter"
|
| countryOfOperation |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| dismantledBy | law enforcement investigations in early 1940s → |
| employedBy |
Luciano crime family
→
Luciano crime family →
surface form: "Mangano crime family"
other Italian‑American Mafia families → various New York Mafia crime families → |
| estimatedMurdersCommitted | hundreds → |
| ethnicComposition |
Italian-American gangsters
→
primarily Jewish-American gangsters → |
| formedAs | enforcement arm for the National Crime Syndicate → |
| historicalReputation | one of the most feared hit squads in American organized crime history → |
| keyEvent |
Abe Reles became a government informant
→
trials and convictions of many members in early 1940s → |
| languageOfName | English → |
| linkedTo | assassination plots against rival gangsters → |
| mediaCoverage |
subject of films and documentaries
→
subject of numerous books → |
| methodOfOperation |
professional contract killings
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use of guns, ice picks, strangulation, and other methods → |
| notableLeader |
Albert Anastasia
→
Lepke Buchalter →
surface form: "Louis "Lepke" Buchalter"
|
| notableMember |
Abe Reles
→
Allie "Tick Tock" Tannenbaum → Charles "The Bug" Workman → Frank "Dasher" Abbandando → Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss → Harry Maione → Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein → |
| notableOutcome |
execution of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
→
execution of several hitmen in the electric chair → |
| notableVictim | Dutch Schultz → |
| operationalArea |
New Jersey, United States
→
surface form: "New Jersey"
New York → other parts of the United States → |
| primaryActivity |
contract killing
→
enforcement for Mafia crime families → |
| timePeriod | Prohibition era and post‑Prohibition era → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "American Mafia"
this entity surface form: "Murder Incorporated"
subject surface form: "Benjamin Siegel"
this entity surface form: "American Mafia"
this entity surface form: "American Mafia"
this entity surface form: "American Mafia"
this entity surface form: "American Mafia"