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Charles "Lucky" Luciano (/ ˌ l uː tʃ i ˈ ɑː n oʊ / LOO-chee-AH-noh, Italian: [luˈtʃaːno]; born Salvatore Lucania [salvaˈtoːre lukaˈniːa]; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States.
Apr 2, 2014 · Lucky Luciano was an Italian-born American mobster best known for engineering the structure of modern organized crime in the United States.
Apr 23, 2024 · Widely considered the architect of modern organized crime in the United States, Charles “Lucky” Luciano rose to power in 1930s New York and built the structure of the American Mafia that’s lasted for nearly a century now.
Dec 2, 2009 · Lucky Luciano was a Mafia boss who took control of the Five Families of New York City and established a National Crime Syndicate before his conviction in 1936.
Lucky Luciano (born November 11, 1896, Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy—died January 26, 1962, Naples) was the most powerful chief of American organized crime in the early 1930s and a major influence even from prison in 1936–45 and after deportation to Italy in 1946.
Lucky Luciano. Born: November 24, 1897, Sicily, Italy. Died: January 26, 1962, Naples, Italy. Nicknames: Lucky, Charlie Lucky. Associates: Arnold Rothstein, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, the Five Families, the Commission, Bugsy Siegel.
May 15, 2019 · Lucky Luciano was one of the key players who created the modern American Mafia. Learn how he went from a juvenile delinquent to a criminal mastermind.
