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	Lucky Luciano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Luciano is considered the father of the National Crime Syndicate and the mastermind of the massive postwar expansion of the international heroin trade.
		Luciano was born as Salvatore Lucania in the village of Lercara Friddi, located approximately 16 miles (26 km) east of Corleone, in Sicily.
		Luciano was sentenced to 30 to 50 years (being sent to the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate Dannemora) and served 10 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lucky_Luciano (1748 words)

	Lucky Luciano -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Charles Luciano (11 November, 1896 – 26 January, 1962), better known as Lucky Luciano, was a legendary (A criminal who is a member of gang) mobster with a long (Someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime) criminal history.
		Luciano was born as Salvatore Lucania in the village of Lercara Friddi, located approximately 16 miles (26 km) east of (additional info and facts about Corleone) Corleone, in (The Italian region on the island of Sicily) Sicily.
		Luciano came into conflict with Lansky over the amount of money he was receiving from Mafia operations in the early (The decade from 1960 to 1969) 1960s, but his failing health prevented him from putting up a fight on the matter.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lu/lucky_luciano.htm (1104 words)

	Albert Anastasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anastasia joined Luciano and Bugsy Siegel in the plot, and assured Luciano that he would kill everyone for Luciano to be on top.
		Anastasia, always hungry for power, knew that if Luciano were head of the National Crime Syndicate that he would eventually get a "piece of the action." Anastasia was personally part of the four-man death squad that mowed down Masseria in Nuova Villa Tammaro, a Coney Island restaurant, on 15 April 1931, during the Castellammarese War.
		Luciano and Costello were horrified, but they could not take action against Anastasia as they needed him to counter Genovese's growing ambitions and power.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_Anastasia (1773 words)

	Lucky Luciano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Together with Meyer Lansky, Luciano was also a founder of the Mafia's "parent" organization, the national crime syndicate, a network of multi-ethnic criminal gangs that has ruled organized crime for more than half a century, a criminal cartel which has bled Americans of incalculable billions over the years.
		Luciano was born Salvatore Lucania near Palermo in Sicily and was brought to this country in 1906.
		Luciano's original idea was to drop the whole Mafia setup, but Lansky prevailed upon him to keep it, as much to keep the peace as to recognize the substantial Italian subculture in crime.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /mafia/luciano.html (1849 words)

	Lucky Luciano
		Luciano lived through this attack, earning him the nickname "Lucky." Luciano saw the attack as a sign that the gang war had to end, and soon.
		Luciano was sentenced to 30 years in jail for his alleged masterminding of the New York flesh trade.
		As Luciano was walking across the runway to shake the producer's hand, he dropped dead suddenly of a heart attack.
	www.rotten.com /library/bio/crime/mafia/lucky-luciano (1686 words)

	bitonweb.com - Lucky Luciano, A Ruthless Criminal Enterprise
		Charles "Lucky" Luciano was born in 1897 in Lercardia Friddi, Sicily.
		By 1916, Luciano was a leading member of the notorious Five Points Gang and named by police as the prime suspect in a number of murders.
		Luciano was impressed by the way Costello bought protection from city officials and the police, which his buddy Meyer Lansky had already told him was the most important ingredient in any big-time criminal setup.
	www.geocities.com /bitonweb1/lucky.htm (925 words)

	Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Charles "Lucky" Luciano is responsible for the most important reform in organized crime's history.
		Luciano knew how to live the big life: Girls, gambling, social affairs, and more girls were always on the agenda; so much so that he set up a chain of syndicated brothels in New York, run like restaurant franchises.
		Luciano left control of the National Crime Syndicate to his mob associates, for a cold cell in Sing Sing penitentiary.
	www.wallwin.org.uk /godfather/lucky-luciano.html (452 words)

	Lucky Luciano
		Charles Luciano (11 November, 1896- 26 January, 1962), better known as Lucky Luciano, was a legendary mobster with a long history of crimes and accusations.
		Luciano by the late '20s became one of the leaders of another mafia family, the one led by Joe The Boss Masseria.
		Luciano grew angry about the money he was getting from Mafia operations in the early 1960s.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/lu/lucky_luciano.html (1090 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Lucky Luciano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sicilian-born Charles "Lucky" Luciano is renowned for initiating a new era in organized crime in the United States by establishing a national syndicate that aligned the Italian mafia with Jewish and Irish crime organizations in the 1930s.
		Luciano was found by a police officer and taken to a hospital where he was interviewed by detectives.
		Luciano was convicted on charges of extortion and direction of harlotry and was sentenced to thirty to fifty years in prison.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419200758 (388 words)

	Havana Conference
		Luciano figured the best way to accomplish this was for him and his associates to provide financial backing for Dewey’s presidential campaign in 1948.
		Luciano then brought up the subject of the "boss of bosses" title in which he "casually mentioned" that he felt it was time for him to don that designation.
		Luciano says a vote was taken, minus Lansky and Phil Kastel who were both Jewish, and it was decided that Siegel, also Jewish, was to be killed.
	crimemagazine.com /havana.htm (2985 words)

	cuba heritage .com - Mafia Conference in Havana, Part 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Luciano rebuked Genovese and pointed out that Vito was the one interested in pushing narcotics, not Anastasia.
		Luciano recounted that he sat at the head of a large rectangular table with Lansky, Costello, Genovese and Adonis at his side.
		Luciano opened the meeting by thanking the boys for their monetary donations.
	www.cubaheritage.com /articles.asp?offset=227 (292 words)

	GANGSTERS INCORPORATED - FRANK COSTELLO
		Costello was part of Lucky Luciano's crew as a youngster and would rise alongside his friend to become one of the most powerfull Mafia bosses the U.S. had ever seen.
		He was however of major importance to Luciano and was very close to the core of the future power of Organized Crime in the U.S..
		Luciano was admitted to Dannemora Prison way up in the northern part of New York State, almost on the Canadian border, to serve his sentence.
	gangstersinc.tripod.com /FrankCostello.html (1209 words)

	Biography Channel - Biography - Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Luciano found he was particularly adept at pimping and drug peddling, and he decided to offer his services to Big Joe Masseria.
		Equally, Masseria was mistrustful of Lucianoâs ambition and Luciano found himself pulled off the street, stabbed, brutally beaten and dumped on the beach, with stab wounds to the face.
		Luciano decided to celebrate his success with a suitably opulent lifestyle, but his success was short lived.
	thebiographychannel.co.uk /new_site/biography.php?id=968&showgroup=536 (785 words)

	Genovese Family
		Luciano's decline began when he was sentenced in 1935 to a 30 - 50 year prison term for controlling prostitution in New york.
		Vito Genovese, Luciano's underboss, was in line to be "acting boss" of the Family, but he had fled to Italy one year later, in 1936, to escape a murder accusation.
		Luciano was asked to use his influence, and he apparently complied, leading to an early release.
	mafiasite.8m.com /genovese.htm (576 words)

	Charles Luciano
		Charles (Lucky) Luciano was born in 1897 in Sicily.
		Luciano's wide spread criminal activities led to his being investigated by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey.
		Luciano was considered to be a powerful Society member with strong ties to Sicily.
	www.gambino.com /bio/charlesluciano.htm (858 words)

	Federal Bureau of Investigation - Freedom of Information Privacy Act
		Charles Luciano, the infamous gangster, was nicknamed "Lucky" after surviving a gangland "ride" in 1929.
		He had an extensive arrest record and in June, 1936, Luciano was convicted on 62 of 90 counts of compulsory prostitution and was sentenced 30 to 50 years imprisonment.
		During the remainder of his life, the FBI received allegations from time to time that Luciano continued to direct criminal activities in the United States from his place of exile.
	foia.fbi.gov /foiaindex/luciano.htm (180 words)

	Lucky Luciano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Charles ("Lucky") Luciano was born Salvatore Lucania on November 24, 1897 on the island of Sicily, immigrated to New York City in 1906, joined the Five Points gang of John Torrio, and became a member of the Italian crime organization that would be called the "Mafia" later by the Kefauver Committee in 1951.
		Luciano became the Chairman of a board of directors, known as the Commission that included Meyer Lansky, Joe Adonis, Dutch Schultz, Louis Lepke, and Frank Costello.
		Luciano, who still had a strong influence on the syndicate's decision-making process, was able to convince the syndicate (whose membership included the International Longshoremen's Union) to halt sabotage on the docks.
	history.acusd.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/luciano.html (699 words)

	Lucky Luciano's Death
		Luciano saw the Mafia had to have working relationships with other ethnic organized crime groups to expand their already huge profits.
		It is said Luciano helped improve security along the waterfront and may even have assisted in the Allied invasion of Italy through encouraging the Mafia there join the resistance to Mussolini.
		On his release, Luciano was deported to Italy where he continued to influence the American Mafia and receive his cut.
	www.laborers.org /Luciano.html (583 words)

	TIME 100: Lucky Luciano
		Charles "Lucky" Luciano on the terrace of his Rome apartment on July 15, 1949.
		He was born and died in Italy, yet the influence on America of a grubby street urchin named Salvatore Lucania ranged from the lights of Broadway to every level of law enforcement, from national politics to the world economy.
		When Luciano rebuilt the mob, Meyer Lansky was the architect.
	www.time.com /time/time100/builder/profile/luciano.html (441 words)

	Solution Engineering: Three Cases in Figuring Out What to Do
		When Luciano completes his task, the instructions are 21 pages long, filled with step-by-step instructions for each of the 18 items on the form, including examples of properly filled out items and examples of improperly filled out items.
		Luciano meets with Sandy, reviews the particulars of the situation, and informs her that he'd like a few days to ponder the matter before getting back to her with a proposal.
		Lucky Luciano is at that very moment out on the floor, talking with some of the DPS employees who are employed on a year-round basis.
	home.att.net /~nickols/luciano.htm (3828 words)

	cuba heritage .com - Mafia Conference in Havana, Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Feds made it clear that having Luciano just 90 miles from the U.S. mainland was too close and demanded that Cuban officials send him back to Italy.
		Luciano flees New York City for Hot Springs, Ark., where he is under the protection of Owney Madden.
		May 7, 1945 — With the war in Europe over, a petition for executive clemency and freedom for Luciano is sent to now Gov. Thomas Dewey, who agrees to a reduction of sentence, not a pardon.
	www.cubaheritage.com /articles.asp?offset=225 (584 words)

	“The Good, The Bad and The Ugly views of the Mafia”
		The idea was to have a meeting with Luciano and Genovese at his office in the Grand Central Building, and kill the two in the hallway as they left after the meeting.
		Luciano was tipped off about the idea of Maranzano and devised a plan of his own.
		Luciano’s plan went like this, "On the day of the scheduled appointment with the boss, Luciano would send to Maranzano’s office someone Maranzano knew and trusted, their mutual friend Tommy Lucchese.
	www.msu.edu /~laurenc5/mafia.html (1631 words)

	Rick Porrello's - AmericanMafia.com - Allan May, Organized Crime Historian and Journalist
		Luciano states that he sat at the head of a large rectangular table with Lansky, Costello, Genovese and Adonis at his side.
		Luciano claims, “That was all I was after — first, to teach Vito a lesson in public without him losin’ face and also to get the title without havin’ to fight for it.
		Luciano says a vote was taken, minus Lansky and Phil Kastel who were both Jewish, and it was decided that Siegel was to be killed.
	www.americanmafia.com /Allan_May_6-12-00.html (1659 words)

	Organized Crime
		Charles ("Lucky") Luciano -- Salvatore Lucania born Nov. 11, 1897, Sicily, Italy.
		Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Gaetano Lucchese, Frank Costello and Carlo Gambino were men of vision, honor and purpose -- which was to steal, extort, embezzle and strong-arm as much money from as many people as possible.
		The focus is on Charles "Lucky" Luciano and associate Meyer Lansky, both tutored by legendary gambler Arnold Rothstein and went on to amass power and riches during the Prohibition.
	www.karisable.com /crmoblucky.htm (355 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Charles Luciano, who was the trainer of the Five Point Gang Mafia, and the Boss of Bosses in the Murder Inc also owned all of the prostitution in
		Charles Luciano was born in 1897 in
		Later went on to join Luciano to form the Murder Inc. Then Bugsy became a supreme killer, killing of the boss of Murder Inc to stop the mafia war that was going on at the time.
	www.oswego308.org /ohsVerdino/Mafia.htm (765 words)

	Rick Porrello's - AmericanMafia.com - Allan May, Organized Crime Historian and Journalist
		Luciano flees New York City for Hot Springs, Arkansas where he is under the protection of Owney Madden.
		Instead of paying that amount out of his own pocket, Luciano claims invitees to the meeting were to “bring envelopes to welcome me back again across the Atlantic.” These “Christmas presents” totaled over $200,000 which Luciano used to purchase an interest.
		However, Luciano would come to realize that Genovese was a conniving, greedy, back stabbing individual and quickly lost all respect for him.
	www.americanmafia.com /Allan_May_6-5-00.html (1124 words)

	FBI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Luciano's power was increasing now that he controlled the Family that used to be under Masseria's control, and Maranzano realized that he would have to kill Luciano in order to hold on to his power.
		Luciano, recognizing that other Family bosses were tired of the endless wars, early deaths, and autocratic leadership, created the Commission.
		Luciano also welcomed Jewish and Irish gangsters as non-member associates and added the position of consigliere to the Family structure.
	members.aol.com /dscully324/myhomepage (1519 words)

	Frank Sinatra and the Mob by J.D. Chandler
		Charles, Joseph and Rocco Fischetti were cousins of Capone and well-know gangsters in their own right.
		Charles ''Trigger Happy'' Fischetti, called a notorious ''Chicago gangster'' in the FBI files, was the mob’s political fixer in Chicago.
		Luciano became so powerful, in fact, that he was the main target of New York D.A. Thomas Dewey, who built his political reputation by prosecuting top mobsters.
	www.crimemagazine.com /sinatra.htm (8469 words)

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		Luciano's first move was establishing himself in the soul trade.
		Luciano knew he couldn't hold them off forever so he began to lessen his hold on the trade.
		Now Luciano is the top subversive in the Necropolis, and he is on the Governor's Most Wanted list.
	www.fortunecity.com /roswell/silbury/83/luciano.htm (214 words)

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