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Lucky Luciano chairman of the mob

Lucky Luciano, born in Sicily in 1897, his family later came to America, where he became a petty criminal at age 15. He rose to the top of the Mafia guiding it into prostitution, gambling and labor racketeering. He was imprisoned in 1936, where from behind bars during World War II, he prevented the sabotage of U.S. Navy ships by influencing mob-controlled unions. As a result of this wartime assistance he was paroled in 1946 and deported to Italy.

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  • "Lucky Luciano, born in Sicily in 1897, his family later came to America, where he became a petty criminal at age 15. He rose to the top of the Mafia guiding it into prostitution, gambling and labor racketeering. He was imprisoned in 1936, where from behind bars during World War II, he prevented the sabotage of U.S. Navy ships by influencing mob-controlled unions. As a result of this wartime assistance he was paroled in 1946 and deported to Italy."@en
  • "Examine Lucky's 30-year career as CEO of Murder, Inc. through rare interviews and extensive archival footage. Mob insiders recall the history-making meeting held in Luciano's Waldorf-Astoria headquarters."@en

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