Lucky Luciano

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Lucky Luciano was a notorious Italian-American mobster who became a founding father of modern organized crime in the United States and a key architect of the national crime syndicate.


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instanceOf Italian-American
mobster
organized crime boss
person
alsoKnownAs Charles Luciano
Charlie Lucky
arrestedFor compulsory prostitution
birthName Salvatore Lucania
burialPlace St. John Cemetery, Queens, New York City, United States
causeOfDeath heart attack
convictedOf compulsory prostitution
convictionYear 1936
countryOfBirth Italy
created The Commission (governing body of the American Mafia)
criminalActivity bootlegging
extortion
gambling
narcotics trafficking
prostitution rackets
criminalOrganization American Mafia
Genovese crime family
dateOfBirth 1897-11-24
dateOfDeath 1962-01-26
deportationYear 1946
deportedTo Italy
ethnicity Sicilian
immigratedTo United States
immigrationYear 1906
inPopularCulture portrayed in multiple films and television series about the Mafia
subject of numerous books on organized crime
knownFor ending the dominance of the old-line Sicilian Mafia bosses in New York
establishing The Commission to govern the American Mafia
founding father of modern American organized crime
key architect of the national crime syndicate in the United States
laterResidence Naples, Italy
nationality American
Italian
notableEvent helped organize the national crime syndicate in the early 1930s
occupation bootlegger
crime boss
mobster
racketeer
partnerInCrime Albert Anastasia
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Dutch Schultz
Frank Costello
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
Meyer Lansky
Vito Genovese
placeOfBirth Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy
placeOfDeath Naples, Italy
placeOfImprisonment Clinton Correctional Facility, Dannemora, New York, United States
reasonForRelease commutation of sentence for alleged assistance to U.S. war efforts during World War II
releasedFromPrisonYear 1946
religion Roman Catholic
residence New York City, New York, United States
roleInOrganization boss of what became the Genovese crime family
sentence 30 to 50 years in prison


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