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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Murder, Inc. canonical 22
American Mafia 6
Murder Incorporated 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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. self-linksurface differs
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
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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Referenced by (31)

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

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel memberOf Murder, Inc.
Bugsy criminalOrganization Murder, Inc.
this entity surface form: American Mafia
National Crime Syndicate hasPart Murder, Inc.
this entity surface form: American Mafia
National Crime Syndicate hasPart Murder, Inc.
Murder, Inc. associatedWith Murder, Inc. self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Murder, Inc. alsoKnownAs Murder, Inc.
this entity surface form: Murder Incorporated
Meyer Lansky associatedWith Murder, Inc.
Lucky Luciano criminalOrganization Murder, Inc.
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Benjamin memberOf Murder, Inc.
subject surface form: Benjamin Siegel
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Benjamin associatedWith Murder, Inc.
subject surface form: Benjamin Siegel
Virginia Hill affiliatedWith Murder, Inc.
this entity surface form: American Mafia
Peter Falk appearedInFilm Murder, Inc.
Jewish Mob associatedOrganization Murder, Inc.
Albert Anastasia memberOf Murder, Inc.
Albert Anastasia coFounderOf Murder, Inc.
Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein memberOf Murder, Inc.
Harry Maione memberOf Murder, Inc.
Abe Reles became a government informant relatedTo Murder, Inc.
this entity surface form: Murder, Inc. crime syndicate
Lepke Buchalter memberOf Murder, Inc.
Greatest Hits includesSong Murder, Inc.
this entity surface form: Murder Incorporated
Abe Reles criminalOrganization Murder, Inc.
Abe Reles workedFor Murder, Inc.