Jacob Shapiro

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Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro was a prominent New York mobster and labor racketeer in the early 20th century, closely linked to organized crime figures such as Lepke Buchalter.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf labor racketeer
mobster
organized crime figure
person
activeIn Brooklyn NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
affiliatedWith National Crime Syndicate NERFINISHED
associatedWith Jewish-American organized crime
Lepke Buchalter NERFINISHED
basedIn New York NERFINISHED
closeAssociateOf Lepke Buchalter NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
criminalActivity extortion
labor racketeering
murder for hire
criminalOrganizationRole enforcer
partner in rackets
ethnicity Jewish American
familyName Shapiro NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Jacob NERFINISHED
historicalEra Great Depression era NERFINISHED
interwar period
involvedIn racketeering in trucking and distribution
union racketeering in the garment industry
knownFor control of labor unions in New York
role in organized crime rackets
languageOfEthnicBackground Yiddish
memberOf Murder, Inc. NERFINISHED
nickname Gurrah NERFINISHED
notableFor violent enforcement of labor rackets
notablePartnerInCrime Lepke Buchalter NERFINISHED
occupation labor racketeer
mobster
operatedInPeriod Prohibition era
early 20th century
regionOfActivity New York metropolitan area NERFINISHED
Northeastern United States NERFINISHED
sphereOfInfluence garment industry
labor unions
trucking industry
typeOfCriminal organized crime boss
racketeer

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Lepke Buchalter associatedWith Jacob Shapiro
Louis Buchalter associatedWith Jacob Shapiro