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Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Майър Лански" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Meyer Lansky" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Meyer Lansky" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Meyer Lansky" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%B3%CE%B5%CF%81_%CE%9B%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B9" title="Μέγερ Λάνσκι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μέγερ Λάνσκι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Meyer Lansky" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Meyer Lansky" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Meyer Lansky" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%9D%B4%EC%96%B4_%EB%9E%9C%EC%8A%A4%ED%82%A4" title="마이어 랜스키 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마이어 랜스키" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Meyer Lansky" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Meyer Lansky" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%9C%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99" title="מאיר לנסקי – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מאיר לנסקי" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meirs_Lanskis" title="Meirs Lanskis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Meirs Lanskis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Meyer Lansky" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Meyer Lansky" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Lansky" title="Meyer Lansky – 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Colorized_image_of_Meyer_Lansky.jpg/330px-Colorized_image_of_Meyer_Lansky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Colorized_image_of_Meyer_Lansky.jpg/440px-Colorized_image_of_Meyer_Lansky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="453" data-file-height="666" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Lansky in 1958</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Maier Suchowljansky</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1902-07-04</span>)</span>July 4, 1902<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Grodno" title="Grodno">Grodno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grodno_Governorate" title="Grodno Governorate">Grodno Governorate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 15, 1983<span style="display:none">(1983-01-15)</span> (aged 80)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Miami_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Beach">Miami Beach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Mount Nebo Cemetery, Miami, Florida</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Mafia associate, Mafia financier</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Meyer_Lansky_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Meyer_Lansky_signature.svg/150px-Meyer_Lansky_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Meyer_Lansky_signature.svg/225px-Meyer_Lansky_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Meyer_Lansky_signature.svg/300px-Meyer_Lansky_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="585" data-file-height="155" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Meyer Lansky</b> (born <b>Maier Suchowljansky</b>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), known as the "<b>Mob's Accountant</b>", was an American <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">organized crime</a> figure who, along with his associate <a href="/wiki/Lucky_Luciano" title="Lucky Luciano">Charles "Lucky" Luciano</a>, was instrumental in the development of the <a href="/wiki/National_Crime_Syndicate" title="National Crime Syndicate">National Crime Syndicate</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A member of the <a href="/wiki/Jewish-American_organized_crime" title="Jewish-American organized crime">Jewish mob</a>, Lansky developed a <a href="/wiki/Gambling" title="Gambling">gambling</a> empire that stretched around the world. He was said to own points (percentages) in <a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">casinos</a> in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>. Lansky had a strong influence with the <a href="/wiki/American_Mafia" title="American Mafia">Italian-American Mafia</a>. He played a large role in the consolidation of the criminal underworld by introducing <a href="/wiki/Money_laundering" title="Money laundering">money laundering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Offshore_banking" class="mw-redirect" title="Offshore banking">offshore banking</a> in 1932, used in the 1950s for cash from the heroin trade. The full extent of this role has been the subject of some debate, as Lansky himself denied many of the accusations against him. </p><p>Despite nearly 50 years as a member/participant in organized crime,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lansky was never found guilty of anything more serious than <a href="/wiki/Illegal_gambling" class="mw-redirect" title="Illegal gambling">illegal gambling</a>. He has a legacy of being one of the most financially successful <a href="/wiki/Gangster" title="Gangster">gangsters</a> in American history. Before he fled Cuba, Lansky was said to be worth an estimated <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$20 million</span> (equivalent to $184 million in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When he died in 1983, his family learned that his estate was worth only around <span style="white-space: nowrap">$57,000</span> (equivalent to $174,371 in 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-journals_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-journals-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> <p>Maier Suchowljansky was born on July 4, 1902, in <a href="/wiki/Grodno" title="Grodno">Grodno</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-meyerlanskyunderworldgenius_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-meyerlanskyunderworldgenius-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a>), to a <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Poland" title="History of the Jews in Poland">Polish-Jewish</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When asked about his native country, Lansky always responded "<a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1911, Lansky emigrated to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> through the port of <a href="/wiki/Odessa" class="mw-redirect" title="Odessa">Odessa</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with his mother and brother Jacob, and joined his father (who had immigrated in 1909) living in the <a href="/wiki/Lower_East_Side" title="Lower East Side">Lower East Side</a> of <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lansky met <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_%22Bugsy%22_Siegel" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel">Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel</a> when they were children. They became lifelong friends, as well as partners in the <a href="/wiki/Rum-running" title="Rum-running">bootlegging</a> trade, and together managed the <a href="/wiki/Bugs_and_Meyer_Mob" title="Bugs and Meyer Mob">Bugs and Meyer Mob</a>, with its reputation as one of the most violent <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">Prohibition</a> gangs. Lansky was also close friends with <a href="/wiki/Lucky_Luciano" title="Lucky Luciano">Charles "Lucky" Luciano</a>; the two met as teenagers when Luciano attempted to <a href="/wiki/Extortion" title="Extortion">extort</a> Lansky for protection money on his walk home from school. Luciano respected the younger boy's defiant responses to his threats, and the two formed a lasting partnership thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-lacey_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lacey-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They later associated with veteran gangster <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Rothstein" title="Arnold Rothstein">Arnold Rothstein</a>, until his murder in 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gambling_operations,_1929–1945"><span id="Gambling_operations.2C_1929.E2.80.931945"></span>Gambling operations, 1929–1945</h3></div> <p>Luciano had a vision to form a <a href="/wiki/National_crime_syndicate" class="mw-redirect" title="National crime syndicate">national crime syndicate</a> in which the Italian, Jewish, and Irish gangs could pool their resources and turn <a href="/wiki/Organized_crime" title="Organized crime">organized crime</a> into a lucrative business for all—an organization he founded after a <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Conference" title="Atlantic City Conference">conference in Atlantic City</a> organized by himself, Lansky, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Torrio" title="Johnny Torrio">Johnny Torrio</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Costello" title="Frank Costello">Frank Costello</a> in May 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Saga_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saga-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lucky_Luciano_mugshot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/Lucky_Luciano_mugshot.jpg/180px-Lucky_Luciano_mugshot.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/Lucky_Luciano_mugshot.jpg/270px-Lucky_Luciano_mugshot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/Lucky_Luciano_mugshot.jpg/360px-Lucky_Luciano_mugshot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="524" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Luciano" title="Lucky Luciano">Lucky Luciano</a>, Lansky's partner in the <a href="/wiki/American_Mafia" title="American Mafia">American Mafia</a>.</figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>Also, as early as 1932, Lansky shifted money from illegal activities in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> to Swiss <a href="/wiki/Offshore_accounts" class="mw-redirect" title="Offshore accounts">offshore accounts</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Federal_Act_on_Banks_and_Savings_Banks" title="Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks">Swiss secrecy law</a> from 1934 sanctioned the money laundering by "banks whose officials knew very well they were working for criminals".<sup id="cite_ref-dissent_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dissent-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1936, Lansky had established <a href="/wiki/Gambling" title="Gambling">gambling</a> operations in Florida,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These gambling operations were successful as they were founded upon two innovations: </p> <ul><li>First, Lansky and his connections had the technical expertise to manage them effectively based upon Lansky's knowledge of the mathematical odds of most popular wagering games.</li> <li>Second, mob connections, as well as bribed law enforcement, were used to ensure legal and physical security of their establishments from other crime figures and law enforcement.</li></ul> <p>There was also an absolute rule of integrity concerning the games and wagers made within their establishments. Lansky's "carpet joints" in Florida and elsewhere were never "<a href="/wiki/Clip_joint" title="Clip joint">clip joints</a>" where gamblers were unsure of whether or not the games were rigged against them. Lansky ensured that the staff administering the games were men of high integrity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II_involvement,_1938–1945"><span id="World_War_II_involvement.2C_1938.E2.80.931945"></span>World War II involvement, 1938–1945</h3></div> <p>In the 1930s, Lansky and his gang stepped outside their usual criminal activities to break up rallies held by the pro-<a href="/wiki/Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi">Nazi</a> <a href="/wiki/German-American_Bund" class="mw-redirect" title="German-American Bund">German-American Bund</a>. He recalled a particular rally in <a href="/wiki/Yorkville,_Manhattan" title="Yorkville, Manhattan">Yorkville</a>, a German neighborhood in <a href="/wiki/Manhattan" title="Manhattan">Manhattan</a>, that he and fourteen other associates disrupted: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The stage was decorated with a <a href="/wiki/Swastika" title="Swastika">swastika</a> and a picture of <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>. The speakers started ranting. There were only fifteen of us, but we went into action. We threw some of them out the windows. Most of the Nazis panicked and ran out. We chased them and beat them up. We wanted to show them that Jews would not always sit back and accept insults.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> When Judge <a href="/wiki/Nathan_D._Perlman" title="Nathan D. Perlman">Nathan D. Perlman</a> offered to pay Lansky for his services, he declined:</p><blockquote><p>I am a Jew, and I feel for the Jews in Europe who are suffering. They are my brothers.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Lansky was also instrumental in helping the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Naval_Intelligence" title="Office of Naval Intelligence">Office of Naval Intelligence</a> (ONI)'s <a href="/wiki/Operation_Underworld" title="Operation Underworld">Operation Underworld</a>, in which the government recruited criminals to watch out for German infiltrators and submarine-borne saboteurs. Lansky helped arrange a deal with the government via a high-ranking <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> official. This deal secured the release of Luciano from prison; in exchange, the Mafia would provide security for the warships that were being built along the docks in <a href="/wiki/New_York_Harbor" title="New York Harbor">New York Harbor</a>. German submarines were sinking <a href="/wiki/Allied_Powers_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied Powers of World War II">Allied</a> ships in great numbers along the eastern seaboard and the Caribbean coast, and there was great fear of attack or sabotage by Nazi sympathizers. Lansky connected the ONI with Luciano, who reportedly instructed <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lanza" title="Joseph Lanza">Joseph Lanza</a> to prevent sabotage on the New York waterfront.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Flamingo_Hotel,_1946–1947"><span id="The_Flamingo_Hotel.2C_1946.E2.80.931947"></span>The Flamingo Hotel, 1946–1947</h3></div> <p>In 1946, Lansky convinced the <a href="/wiki/American_Mafia" title="American Mafia">Italian-American Mafia</a> to place Siegel in charge of <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a>, and became a major investor in Siegel's <a href="/wiki/Flamingo_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Flamingo Hotel">Flamingo Hotel</a>. To protect himself from the type of prosecution which sent <a href="/wiki/Al_Capone" title="Al Capone">Al Capone</a> to prison for <a href="/wiki/Tax_avoidance_and_tax_evasion" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax avoidance and tax evasion">tax evasion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prostitution" title="Prostitution">prostitution</a>, Lansky transferred the illegal earnings from his growing casino empire to a <a href="/wiki/Swiss_bank_account" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss bank account">Swiss bank account</a>, where anonymity was assured by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Act_on_Banks_and_Savings_Banks" title="Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks">1934 Swiss Banking Act</a>. Lansky eventually bought an <a href="/wiki/Offshore_bank" title="Offshore bank">offshore bank</a> in Switzerland, which he used to <a href="/wiki/Money_laundering" title="Money laundering">launder money</a> through a network of <a href="/wiki/Shell_companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Shell companies">shell</a> and holding companies.<sup id="cite_ref-dissent_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dissent-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1946, Lansky attended a <a href="/wiki/Havana_Conference" title="Havana Conference">secret meeting in Havana</a> to discuss Siegel's management of the Flamingo Hotel, which was running far behind schedule and costing Siegel's Mafia investors a great deal of money. While the other bosses wanted to kill Siegel, Lansky begged them to give his friend a second chance.<sup id="cite_ref-tjenglish_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tjenglish-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 36–38">: 36–38 </span></sup> </p><p>Despite this reprieve, Siegel continued to lose money on the Flamingo. A second meeting was then called. By the time this meeting occurred, the casino had turned a small profit. Lansky, with Luciano's support, convinced the other investors to give Siegel more time. When the hotel started losing money again, the other investors decided that Siegel was finished. It is widely believed that Lansky himself was compelled to give the final okay on eliminating Siegel due to his long relationship with him and his stature in the organization.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On June 20, 1947, Siegel was shot and killed in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverly Hills</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. Twenty minutes after the Siegel hit, Lansky's associates, including <a href="/wiki/Gus_Greenbaum" title="Gus Greenbaum">Gus Greenbaum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moe_Sedway" title="Moe Sedway">Moe Sedway</a>, walked into the Flamingo and took control of the hotel. According to the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a>, Lansky retained a substantial financial interest in the Flamingo for the next 20 years. Lansky said in several interviews later in his life that if it had been up to him, "Ben Siegel would be alive today".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Siegel's death marked a power transfer in Vegas from New York's <a href="/wiki/Five_Families" title="Five Families">Five Families</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Outfit" title="Chicago Outfit">Chicago Outfit</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Although his role was considerably more restrained than in previous years, Lansky is believed to have both advised and aided Chicago boss <a href="/wiki/Tony_Accardo" title="Tony Accardo">Tony Accardo</a> in initially establishing his hold.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Luciano's release was conditioned on his agreeing not to contest the revocation of his American citizenship and accept <a href="/wiki/Deportation" title="Deportation">deportation</a> to his native Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-dewey_commutes_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewey_commutes-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After arriving in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, Luciano settled in <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>. He secretly moved to <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, where he worked to resume control over Mafia operations. Luciano also ran a number of <a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">casinos</a> in Cuba with the sanction of Cuban dictator, <a href="/wiki/Fulgencio_Batista" title="Fulgencio Batista">Fulgencio Batista</a>. Upon discovering Luciano's presence in Cuba and resumption of criminal activity, the U.S. government pressured the Batista regime into deporting Luciano to Italy. </p><p>Batista and Lansky formed a renowned friendship and business relationship that lasted for a decade. During a stay at the <a href="/wiki/Waldorf-Astoria_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Waldorf-Astoria Hotel">Waldorf-Astoria Hotel</a> in New York in the late 1940s, it was mutually agreed upon that, in exchange for <a href="/wiki/Kickback_(bribery)" title="Kickback (bribery)">kickbacks</a>, Batista would offer Lansky and the Mafia control of the country's casinos and <a href="/wiki/Racetrack" class="mw-redirect" title="Racetrack">racetracks</a>. Batista would open <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a> to large-scale gambling, and his government would match, dollar for dollar, any hotel investment over <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$1 million</span>, which would include a casino license. Lansky would place himself at the center of Cuba's gambling operations. He immediately called on his associates to hold a summit in Havana. </p><p>The Havana Conference was held on December 22, 1946, at the <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Nacional_de_Cuba" title="Hotel Nacional de Cuba">Hotel Nacional</a>. This was the first full-scale meeting of American underworld leaders since the Chicago meeting in 1932. Present were such figures as <a href="/wiki/Joe_Adonis" title="Joe Adonis">Joe Adonis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Anastasia" title="Albert Anastasia">Albert "The Mad Hatter" Anastasia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Costello" title="Frank Costello">Frank Costello</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bonanno" title="Joseph Bonanno">Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vito_Genovese" title="Vito Genovese">Vito Genovese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moe_Dalitz" title="Moe Dalitz">Moe Dalitz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Luchese" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Luchese">Thomas Luchese</a>, from New York; <a href="/wiki/Santo_Trafficante_Jr." title="Santo Trafficante Jr.">Santo Trafficante Jr.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a>; <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Marcello" title="Carlos Marcello">Carlos Marcello</a> from the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_crime_family" title="New Orleans crime family">New Orleans crime family</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Stefano_Magaddino" title="Stefano Magaddino">Stefano Magaddino</a>, Bonanno's cousin from <a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo</a>. From Chicago there were Accardo and the Fischetti brothers, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Fischetti" title="Charles Fischetti">"Trigger-Happy" Charlie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rocco_Fischetti" title="Rocco Fischetti">Rocco Fischetti</a>; and, representing the Jewish interest, Lansky, Dalitz and "Dandy" <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Kastel" title="Phillip Kastel">Phil Kastel</a> from Florida. </p><p>The first to arrive was Luciano, who secretly traveled to Havana with a false passport. Lansky shared with the attendees his vision of a new Havana, profitable for those willing to invest the right sum of money. According to Luciano, the only attendee who ever recounted the events in any detail, he was appointed as kingpin for the mob, to rule from Cuba until such time as he could find a legitimate way back into the U.S. Entertainment at the conference was provided by, among others, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>, who had flown to Cuba with his friends, the Fischetti brothers. </p><p>In 1952, Lansky offered then-<a href="/wiki/President_of_Cuba" title="President of Cuba">President of Cuba</a> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Pr%C3%ADo_Socarr%C3%A1s" title="Carlos Prío Socarrás">Carlos Prío Socarrás</a> a bribe of <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$250,000</span> to step down, so Batista could return to power. Once Batista retook control of the government in a military <a href="/wiki/Coup" class="mw-redirect" title="Coup">coup</a> in March 1952, he quickly put gambling back on track. Batista offered Lansky an annual salary of <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$25,000</span> to serve as an unofficial gambling minister. By 1955, he had changed the gambling laws once again, granting a gaming license to anyone who invested <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$1 million</span> in a hotel or <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$200,000</span> in a new <a href="/wiki/Nightclub" title="Nightclub">nightclub</a>. Unlike the procedure for acquiring gaming licenses in Vegas, this provision exempted <a href="/wiki/Venture_capitalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Venture capitalist">venture capitalists</a> from background checks. As long as they made the required investment, they were provided with public matching funds for construction, a ten-year tax exemption and <a href="/wiki/Duty_free" class="mw-redirect" title="Duty free">duty free</a> importation of equipment and furnishings. The government would get <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$250,000</span> for the license, plus a percentage of the profits from each casino. Cuba's 10,000 <a href="/wiki/Slot_machines" class="mw-redirect" title="Slot machines">slot machines</a>, even the ones that dispensed small prizes for children at country fairs, were to be the province of Batista's brother-in-law, Roberto Fernandez y Miranda, brother of his wife <a href="/wiki/Marta_Fernandez_Miranda_de_Batista" class="mw-redirect" title="Marta Fernandez Miranda de Batista">Marta Fernandez Miranda de Batista</a>. </p><p>A Cuban army general and government sports director, Fernandez was also given the <a href="/wiki/Parking_meter" title="Parking meter">parking meters</a> in <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a> as an extra bonus. Import duties were waived on materials for hotel construction, and Cuban contractors with the right "in" made windfalls by importing much more than was needed and selling the surplus to others for hefty profits. It was rumored that besides the <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$250,000</span> to get a license, sometimes more was required under the table. Periodic payoffs were requested and received by corrupt politicians. </p><p>Lansky set about reforming the Cabaret Montmartre, which soon became the "in" place in Havana. Lansky also installed a casino into the Hotel Nacional, relying on the support of Batista. </p><p>By the 1950s, Lansky used his money laundering system for income from heroin trade.<sup id="cite_ref-dissent_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dissent-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuban_Revolution_and_flight_to_Bahamas_(1959_and_the_1960s)"><span id="Cuban_Revolution_and_flight_to_Bahamas_.281959_and_the_1960s.29"></span>Cuban Revolution and flight to Bahamas (1959 and the 1960s)</h3></div> <p>The 1959 <a href="/wiki/Cuban_Revolution" title="Cuban Revolution">Cuban Revolution</a> and the rise of <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a> changed the climate for mob investment in Cuba. On New Year's Eve 1958, while Batista was preparing to flee to the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a>, initially before settling permanently in <a href="/wiki/Francoist_Spain" title="Francoist Spain">Francoist</a> <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, where he died in exile in 1973, Lansky was celebrating the US$3 million he made in the first year of operations at his 440-room, US$8 million palace, the Habana Riviera. Many of the casinos, including several of Lansky's, were looted and destroyed that night. Lansky fled January 7 to the Bahamas. In Nassau the <a href="/wiki/Bay_Street_Boys" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay Street Boys">Bay Street Boys</a> were ruling.<sup id="cite_ref-mafia_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mafia-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 8, 1959, Castro and his revolutionaries took control of Havana, setting up a command post in the Hilton. The new Cuban president, <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Urrutia_Lle%C3%B3" title="Manuel Urrutia Lleó">Manuel Urrutia Lleó</a>, took steps to close the casinos. In October 1960, Castro nationalized all the island's hotel-casinos and outlawed gambling. </p><p>After the revolution, Lansky sought compensation for losses in Cuba from the U.S. government.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Prior citations did not back up this claim. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_blackmail_and_J._Edgar_Hoover">Sexual blackmail and J. Edgar Hoover</h3></div> <p>Lansky is credited with having "controlled" compromising pictures of a sexual nature featuring former FBI director, <a href="/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover" title="J. Edgar Hoover">J. Edgar Hoover</a> with his longtime aide, <a href="/wiki/Clyde_Tolson" title="Clyde Tolson">Clyde Tolson</a>. In his book, <i>Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover</i>, biographer Anthony Summers cites multiple primary sources regarding Lansky's use of <a href="/wiki/Blackmail" title="Blackmail">blackmail</a> to gain influence with politicians, policemen and judges. One stage for the acquisition of blackmail materials was orgies held by late attorney and Hoover protégé, <a href="/wiki/Roy_Cohn" title="Roy Cohn">Roy Cohn</a>, and liquor magnate, <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Rosenstiel" title="Lewis Rosenstiel">Lewis Rosenstiel</a>, who had lasting ties with the Mafia from his bootleg operations during <a href="/wiki/Prohibition" title="Prohibition">Prohibition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2019 release of FBI files on Lansky<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> revealed extensive monitoring and investigation, which makes it harder to explain why Lansky was not pursued to conviction, unless he successfully evaded it by blackmail. Cohn copied this model of blackmail to control politicians and evade conviction himself.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attempted_emigration_and_trial_(1970–72)"><span id="Attempted_emigration_and_trial_.281970.E2.80.9372.29"></span>Attempted emigration and trial (1970–72)</h3></div> <p>In 1970, Lansky fled to <a href="/wiki/Herzliya_Pituah" title="Herzliya Pituah">Herzliya Pituah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, to escape federal tax evasion charges in the United States. Lansky was a strong sympathizer with Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time Israeli law did not permit the extradition of Israeli citizens and under the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Return" title="Law of Return">Law of Return</a>, any Jew could legally settle in the State of Israel and <a href="/wiki/Naturalize" class="mw-redirect" title="Naturalize">naturalize</a>. The Israeli government reserved discretion to exclude Jews with a criminal past from permanently settling in the country. Two years after his arrival, Lansky was deported back to the U.S. The federal government brought Lansky to trial with the testimony of loan shark <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Teresa" title="Vincent Teresa">Vincent "Fat Vinnie" Teresa</a>. Lansky was <a href="/wiki/Acquittal" title="Acquittal">acquitted</a> in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2></div> <p>In 1929 Lansky married Anna Citron, with whom he had two sons, Bernard and Paul, and a daughter, Sandra, before divorcing in 1946. In 1948 he married Thelma Schwarz.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lansky retired in Miami and spent his last 10 years quietly at his home in <a href="/wiki/Miami_Beach,_Florida" title="Miami Beach, Florida">Miami Beach, Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died of <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a> on January 15, 1983, aged 80, leaving a widow and three children.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Equity">Equity</h3></div> <p>On paper, Lansky was worth almost nothing at the time of his death. At the time, the FBI believed he left behind over <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$300 million</span> in hidden bank accounts but they never found any money. This would be equivalent to $771 million in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lansky's biographer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lacey" title="Robert Lacey">Robert Lacey</a> describes his financially strained circumstances in the last two decades of his life and his inability to pay for health care for his handicapped son, who eventually died in poverty. For Lacey, there was no evidence "to sustain the notion of Lansky as king of all evil, the brains, the secret mover, the inspirer and controller of American organized crime".<sup id="cite_ref-lacey_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lacey-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He concludes from evidence, including interviews with the surviving members of the family, that Lansky's wealth and influence had been grossly exaggerated. His second wife's granddaughter told the author T. J. English that at the time of his death in 1983, Lansky left only $57,000 in cash, equivalent to $147,000 in 2023 terms.<sup id="cite_ref-tjenglish_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tjenglish-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 328">: 328 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-inflation-USGDP_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-USGDP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When asked in his later years what went wrong in Cuba, the gangster offered no excuses. "I crapped out", he said. Lansky told people that he had lost almost every penny in Cuba and that he was barely scraping by. </p><p>Hank Messick, a journalist for the <i><a href="/wiki/Miami_Herald" title="Miami Herald">Miami Herald</a></i> who had spent years investigating Lansky, said that the key to understanding Lansky lay with the people around him, "Meyer Lansky doesn't own property. He owns people".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (May 2016)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> To him, the FBI and Manhattan <a href="/wiki/District_Attorney" class="mw-redirect" title="District Attorney">District Attorney</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Morgenthau" title="Robert Morgenthau">Robert Morgenthau</a>, the reality was that Lansky had kept large sums of money in other people's names for decades and that keeping very little in his own was nothing new to him. </p><p>In 2010, Lansky's daughter Sandra publicly said that her father had transferred some $15 million to his brother's account sometime in the early 1970s, when Lansky was having problems with the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">IRS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> How much money Lansky was really worth will probably never be known. Since the warming of relations between the United States and Cuba in 2015, Lansky's grandson, Gary Rapoport, has been asking the Cuban government to compensate him for the confiscation of the Riviera hotel that his grandfather built in Havana.<sup id="cite_ref-Associated_Press_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Associated_Press-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_film">In film</h3></div> <ul><li>The character <a href="/wiki/Hyman_Roth" title="Hyman Roth">Hyman Roth</a>, portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Lee_Strasberg" title="Lee Strasberg">Lee Strasberg</a>, and certain aspects of the main character <a href="/wiki/Michael_Corleone" title="Michael Corleone">Michael Corleone</a> from the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Godfather_Part_II" title="The Godfather Part II">The Godfather Part II</a></i> (1974), are based on Lansky. In fact, shortly after the premiere in 1974, Lansky phoned Strasberg and congratulated him on a good performance (Strasberg was nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor">Oscar</a> for his role), but added, "You could've made me more sympathetic." Roth's statement to Corleone that "We're bigger than <a href="/wiki/U.S._Steel" title="U.S. Steel">U.S. Steel</a>" was similar to a quote from Lansky, said to his wife while watching a news story on the Mafia. The character <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Ola" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnny Ola">Johnny Ola</a>, Roth's right-hand man, was inspired by Lansky's associate <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Alo" title="Vincent Alo">Vincent Alo</a>. Additionally, the character <a href="/wiki/Moe_Greene" title="Moe Greene">Moe Greene</a>, who was a friend of Roth, is modeled upon <a href="/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel" title="Bugsy Siegel">Bugsy Siegel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film reflects real life in that Lansky was denied the Right of Return to Israel and returned to the US to face criminal charges, but invented details regarding Roth's attempts to bribe <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin American</a> dictators for entry to their countries, as well as Roth's ultimate fate.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Roeg" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas Roeg">Nicholas Roeg</a>'s 1983 film <i><a href="/wiki/Eureka_(1983_film)" title="Eureka (1983 film)">Eureka</a></i>, based on the story of <a href="/wiki/Harry_Oakes" title="Harry Oakes">Sir Harry Oakes</a>, Joe Pesci plays Mayakofsky, a Lansky stand-in looking to expand his gambling empire to The Bahamas.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Maximilian "Max" Bercovicz, the gangster played by <a href="/wiki/James_Woods" title="James Woods">James Woods</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Leone" title="Sergio Leone">Sergio Leone</a>'s 1984 film <i><a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_America" title="Once Upon a Time in America">Once Upon a Time in America</a></i>, was inspired by Lansky.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the 1990 <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Pollack" title="Sydney Pollack">Sydney Pollack</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Havana_(film)" title="Havana (film)">Havana</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Rydell" title="Mark Rydell">Mark Rydell</a> plays Lansky.</li> <li>In the 1991 film <i><a href="/wiki/Bugsy" title="Bugsy">Bugsy</a></i>, a biography of Benjamin Siegel, Lansky is a major character, and played by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Kingsley" title="Ben Kingsley">Ben Kingsley</a>, who was nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor">Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor</a> for his performance.</li> <li>In the 1991 film <i><a href="/wiki/Mobsters_(movie)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobsters (movie)">Mobsters</a></i>, he is played by <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Dempsey" title="Patrick Dempsey">Patrick Dempsey</a>.</li> <li>In the 2002 film <i><a href="/wiki/Undisputed_(film)" title="Undisputed (film)">Undisputed</a></i> there is a character called Mendy Ripstein who reveals that he worked for Meyer Lansky.</li> <li>In the 2005 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lost_City_(2005_film)" title="The Lost City (2005 film)">The Lost City</a></i>, which presents a fictionalized account of Lansky's involvement in Cuba, Meyer Lansky is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman" title="Dustin Hoffman">Dustin Hoffman</a>.</li> <li>In the 2015 film <i><a href="/wiki/Legend_(2015_film)" title="Legend (2015 film)">Legend</a></i>, Meyer Lansky is referred to many times and sends associate <a href="/wiki/Angelo_Bruno" title="Angelo Bruno">Angelo Bruno</a>, played by <a href="/wiki/Chazz_Palminteri" title="Chazz Palminteri">Chazz Palminteri</a>, to London.</li> <li>In the 2021 film <i><a href="/wiki/Lansky_(2021_film)" title="Lansky (2021 film)">Lansky</a></i>, based on Lansky's life, <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Keitel" title="Harvey Keitel">Harvey Keitel</a> portrays the aging gangster, while <a href="/wiki/John_Magaro" title="John Magaro">John Magaro</a> portrays him during his younger years.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_television">In television</h3></div> <ul><li>In the 1981 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> miniseries, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gangster_Chronicles" title="The Gangster Chronicles">The Gangster Chronicles</a></i>, the character of Michael Lasker, played by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Benben" title="Brian Benben">Brian Benben</a>, was based on Lansky. Because Lansky was still living at the time, the producers derived the "Michael Lasker" name for the character to avoid legal complications.</li> <li>In the 1986-1988 TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Crime_Story_(American_TV_series)" title="Crime Story (American TV series)">Crime Story</a></i>, a fictional account with composite characters about the Mafia's expansion from Chicago into Las Vegas and American politics, the character of Manny Weisbord, played by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Wiseman" title="Joseph Wiseman">Joseph Wiseman</a>, was based on Lansky.</li> <li>In the 1993 revival of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Untouchables_(1993_TV_series)" title="The Untouchables (1993 TV series)">The Untouchables</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> actor Marc Grapey played Lansky in two episodes.</li> <li>In the 1999 made-for-TV movie <i><a href="/wiki/Lansky_(1999_film)" title="Lansky (1999 film)">Lansky</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dreyfuss" title="Richard Dreyfuss">Richard Dreyfuss</a> stars as Lansky, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Roberts" title="Eric Roberts">Eric Roberts</a> as Benny Siegel, and <a href="/wiki/Anthony_LaPaglia" title="Anthony LaPaglia">Anthony LaPaglia</a> as Lucky Luciano.</li> <li>In the <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Boardwalk_Empire" title="Boardwalk Empire">Boardwalk Empire</a></i> (2010–2014), Meyer Lansky is played by British actor <a href="/wiki/Anatol_Yusef" title="Anatol Yusef">Anatol Yusef</a> in all five seasons.</li> <li>In the 2013 <a href="/wiki/TNT_(U.S._TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="TNT (U.S. TV network)">TNT</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Mob_City" title="Mob City">Mob City</a></i>, Meyer Lansky is played by <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Fischler" title="Patrick Fischler">Patrick Fischler</a>. (Jeff Braine plays a younger Lansky in a flashback sequence.)</li> <li>In the 2015 <a href="/wiki/AMC_(TV_channel)" title="AMC (TV channel)">AMC</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Making_of_the_Mob:_New_York" title="The Making of the Mob: New York">The Making of the Mob: New York</a></i>, Meyer Lansky is played by Ian Bell.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (May 2016)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_literature">In literature</h3></div> <ul><li>In the 2010 book of photographs <i>New York City Gangland</i>, Meyer Lansky is seen "loitering" on Little Italy's famed "Whiskey Curb" with partners Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo, and waterfront racketeer Eddie McGrath.</li> <li>In the 1996 novel <i>The Plan</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_J._Cannell" title="Stephen J. Cannell">Stephen J. Cannell</a>, Lansky and fellow mobster Joseph Alo are involved in putting an anti-<a href="/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act" title="Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act">Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act</a> presidential candidate into office.</li> <li>In <i>Lansky</i>, the 2009 one-act play by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bologna" title="Joseph Bologna">Joseph Bologna</a>, Lansky is portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Burstyn" title="Mike Burstyn">Mike Burstyn</a>.</li> <li>In the book <i>Havana</i> by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hunter" title="Stephen Hunter">Stephen Hunter</a>, Lansky and <a href="/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a> are both main characters.</li> <li>In the 2009 novel <i>If The Dead Rise Not</i> by <a href="/wiki/Philip_Kerr" title="Philip Kerr">Philip Kerr</a>, the hero, Bernie Gunther, meets Lansky in Havana.</li> <li>In the 2009 novel <i>Ride of the Valkyries</i> by Stuart Slade, Meyer Lansky runs Cuba as the head of the Mafia.</li> <li>In the 2011 memoir of cocaine cowboy <a href="/wiki/Jon_Roberts" title="Jon Roberts">Jon Roberts</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/American_Desperado" title="American Desperado">American Desperado</a></i>, Roberts recounts several encounters such as his uncle Joe Riccobono's relationship with Lansky and the eventual asking for Lansky's personal permission to kill his step-son Richard Schwartz on October 12, 1977, in Miami in a revenge plot.</li> <li>Lansky is a supporting character in <i>The Raiders</i>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Robbins" title="Harold Robbins">Harold Robbins</a>' 1995 follow-up to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Carpetbaggers" title="The Carpetbaggers">The Carpetbaggers</a></i>.</li> <li>In the 2015 novel <i>World Gone By</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Lehane" title="Dennis Lehane">Dennis Lehane</a>, Lansky is a supporting character and friend to fictional gangster Joe Coughlin. He is mentioned but not seen in the previous novel in the series <i><a href="/wiki/Live_by_Night" title="Live by Night">Live by Night</a></i>.</li> <li>The 2016 book of photographs <i>Organized Crime in Miami</i>, includes previously unpublished photos of Meyer Lansky and his second wife Teddy on their 1949 honeymoon, as well as photographs from Meyer's 80th birthday with his brother Jake, and longtime partners Harry "Nig Rosen" Stromberg, and Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo.</li> <li>The 2019 comic book <i>Meyer</i> fictionalizes "one last caper" by the aged, but spry, Lansky, involving a violent chase of a lost cocaine shipment. It is set in 1982 Miami and Florida Keys.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_music">In music</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wu-Tang_Clan" title="Wu-Tang Clan">Wu-Tang Clan</a> affiliated rapper <a href="/wiki/Wu-Syndicate" title="Wu-Syndicate">Myalansky</a> derived his stage name from Meyer Lansky.</li> <li>Jewish-Israeli musician <a href="/wiki/Sagol_59" title="Sagol 59">Sagol 59</a> released the song "The Ballad Of Meyer Lansky" on his 2011 album <i>Another Passenger</i>. The song chronicles Lansky's life from birth to death, including his time spent in Israel.</li> <li>Jay-Z refers to Meyer Lansky in the album “American Gangster” in the song “Party Life”</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Mafia encyclopedia</i>, Carl Sifakis, 2005, pp. 250–253</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-obit-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-obit_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-obit_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=FA0E17F63B5C0C758DDDA80894DB484D81">"Meyer Lansky is Dead at 81"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. January 16, 1983<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 25,</span> 2007</span>. <q>Meyer Lansky, the reputed financial genius of the underworld, died today of cancer at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Sinai" title="Mount Sinai">Mount Sinai</a> Hospital here. He was 81 years old. Mr. Lansky was admitted to the hospital Dec. 31 suffering from dehydration, according to Joyce Clark, a spokesman for the hospital. Mr. Lansky lived in the Imperial House, a high-rise waterfront condominium in Miami Beach.... Mr. Lansky was married twice. His first marriage, in 1929 to the former Anna Citron, ended in divorce in 1946. The couple had two sons, Bernard and Paul, and a daughter, Sandra. In 1948 he married Thelma Schwarz, a <a href="/wiki/Manicurist" class="mw-redirect" title="Manicurist">manicurist</a> at a <a href="/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan" title="Midtown Manhattan">Midtown Manhattan</a> hotel. She survived him.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Meyer+Lansky+is+Dead+at+81&rft.date=1983-01-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fselect.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Frestricted%2Farticle%3Fres%3DFA0E17F63B5C0C758DDDA80894DB484D81&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeyer+Lansky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meyer-Lansky">"Meyer Lansky | Biography, Criminal Activities, Net Worth, Cause of Death, & Facts"</a>. <i>Encyclopedia Britannica</i>. 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July 26, 1973. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">0362-4331</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 17,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=LANSKY+ACQUITTED+OF+EVADING+TAXES&rft.date=1973-07-26&rft.issn=0362-4331&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1973%2F07%2F26%2Farchives%2Flansky-acquitted-of-evading-taxes-reputed-underworld-figure-wins.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeyer+Lansky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/meyer-lansky">"Meyer Lansky Biography"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 20,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Meyer+Lansky+Biography&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biography.com%2Fcrime-figure%2Fmeyer-lansky&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeyer+Lansky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Private Lives of Public Enemies</i> by Hank Messick and Joseph L. Nellis, 1973</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWelkos" class="citation web cs1">Welkos, Robert W. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100523044753/http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/05/20/exclusive-daughter-blows-lid-off-of-meyer-lanskys-mafia-secrets/">"Exclusive: Daughter Blows Lid off of Meyer Lanskys Mafia Secrets"</a>. <i>www.hollywoodnews.com</i>. Hollywood News. Archived from the original on May 23, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 5,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.hollywoodnews.com&rft.atitle=Exclusive%3A+Daughter+Blows+Lid+off+of+Meyer+Lanskys+Mafia+Secrets&rft.aulast=Welkos&rft.aufirst=Robert+W.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodnews.com%2F2010%2F05%2F20%2Fexclusive-daughter-blows-lid-off-of-meyer-lanskys-mafia-secrets%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeyer+Lansky" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown" title="Category:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Associated_Press-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Associated_Press_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/fl-ap-gangster-cuban-hotel-20151209-story.html">"Family of late US gangster wants compensation for Cuba hotel"</a>. Associated Press<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 9,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Family+of+late+US+gangster+wants+compensation+for+Cuba+hotel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sun-sentinel.com%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Ffl-ap-gangster-cuban-hotel-20151209-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeyer+Lansky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Disorganized Crime Boss". <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i>. October 13, 1991. <q>Meyer Lansky was "a human cash register and ledger book", a wizard with figures who in ... He was the model for the character of Hyman Roth in the first two ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft.atitle=Disorganized+Crime+Boss&rft.date=1991-10-13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeyer+Lansky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSheppard1991" class="citation news cs1">Sheppard, R. Z. (November 4, 1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080725112839/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974196,00.html">"Low Profile"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,974196,00.html">the original</a> on July 25, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 20,</span> 2008</span>. <q>The public got an inkling of the Lansky legend from the character Hyman Roth in The Godfather, Part II. Anna Strasberg, widow of Lee Strasberg, who played Roth, recalled listening in on a phone conversation her husband received shortly after the movie opened in 1974. "You did good," said the caller, who did not give his name. "Now why couldn't you have made me more sympathetic?"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Time&rft.atitle=Low+Profile&rft.date=1991-11-04&rft.aulast=Sheppard&rft.aufirst=R.+Z.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fmagazine%2Farticle%2F0%2C9171%2C974196%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeyer+Lansky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220715091234/https://www.gale.com/databases/questia">"Bending the Truth"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Mirror" title="Daily Mirror">Daily Mirror</a></i>. January 30, 2004. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-112704323">the original</a> on July 15, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 20,</span> 2008</span>. <q>... saga around Jewish mob boss David "Noodles" Aaronson (Robert De Niro). The character was inspired by Meyer Lansky, a Russian immigrant who rose from the ...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Mirror&rft.atitle=Bending+the+Truth&rft.date=2004-01-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.questia.com%2Fread%2F1G1-112704323&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeyer+Lansky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Additional reference for film and television: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeyer_Lansky_II2016" class="citation web cs1">Meyer Lansky II (February 4, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/meyer-lansky-ii/the-many-faces-of-meyer-l_b_4579284.html">"The Many Faces of Meyer Lansky"</a>. Huffpost Entertainment.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Many+Faces+of+Meyer+Lansky&rft.pub=Huffpost+Entertainment&rft.date=2016-02-04&rft.au=Meyer+Lansky+II&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fmeyer-lansky-ii%2Fthe-many-faces-of-meyer-l_b_4579284.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeyer+Lansky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Additional reference for literature: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJonathan_Lang,_Andrea_Mutti_&_Shawn_Martinbrough2019" class="citation web cs1">Jonathan Lang, Andrea Mutti & Shawn Martinbrough (September 24, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.humanoids.com/y_catalog/book?id=1106">"Meyer"</a>. Humanoids.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Meyer&rft.pub=Humanoids&rft.date=2019-09-24&rft.au=Jonathan+Lang%2C+Andrea+Mutti+%26+Shawn+Martinbrough&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.humanoids.com%2Fy_catalog%2Fbook%3Fid%3D1106&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMeyer+Lansky" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul><li>Birmingham, Stephen <i>The Rest of Us</i>. Boston: Little, Brown, 1984</li> <li>Cohen, Rich <i>Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams</i>. Vintage books, 1999</li> <li>Colhoun, Jack. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.orbooks.com/catalog/gangsterismo/">Gangsterismo: The United States, Cuba and the Mafia, 1933 to 1966</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/OR_Books" title="OR Books">OR Books</a>, 2013. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-935928-89-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-935928-89-8">978-1-935928-89-8</a></li> <li>Conrad, Harold <i>Dear, Muffo: 35 Years in the Fast Lane</i>. New York, Stein and Day, 1982</li> <li>Demaris, Ovid <i>The Boardwalk Jungle</i>. Bantam Books, 1986</li> <li>Eisenberg, Dennis/Dan, Uri/ Landau, Eli <i>Meyer Lansky: Mogul of the mob</i>. Paddington Press, 1979</li> <li>English, T.J. <i>Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution</i>, William Morrow, 2008/<i>The Havana Mob: Gangster, Gamblers, Showgirls and Revolutionaries in 1950s Cuba</i>, 2007, Mainstream Publishing (UK edition)</li> <li>Lacey, Robert: <i>Little man. Meyer Lansky and the Gangster Life</i>. Little, Brown and Company; Boston Toronto London 1991. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-316-51163-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-316-51163-3">0-316-51163-3</a></li> <li>Lansky, Sandra/Stadiem, William/Pileggi, Nicholas (Foreword) <i>Daughter of the King: Growing up in Gangland</i>. New York, Weinstein Books, 2014. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1602862159" title="Special:BookSources/978-1602862159">978-1602862159</a></li> <li>Messick, Hank <i>Lansky</i>. New York, Putnam 1971</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oz_Almog" title="Oz Almog">Almog, Oz</a>, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8303542W/Kosher_Nostra">Kosher Nostra</a></i> Jüdische Gangster in Amerika, 1890–1980; Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien; 2003, Text Oz Almog, Erich Metz, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-901398-33-3" title="Special:BookSources/3-901398-33-3">3-901398-33-3</a></li> <li>Piper, Michael Collins <i>Final Judgment: The Missing Link in the JFK Assassination Conspiracy</i>.</li> <li>Stephen, Hunter <i>Havana</i>.</li> <li>Rubin, Sunny (2011) <i>Mafia Mother-In-Law</i>. 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Terranova">Ciro Terranova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Tieri_(mobster)" title="Frank Tieri (mobster)">Frank Tieri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Tuzzo" title="Charles Tuzzo">Charles Tuzzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Yale" title="Frankie Yale">Frankie Yale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Associates</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evsei_Agron" title="Evsei Agron">Evsei Agron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Andretta" title="Thomas Andretta">Thomas Andretta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attilio_Bitondo" title="Attilio Bitondo">Attilio Bitondo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Galante" title="James Galante">James Galante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fotios_Geas" title="Fotios Geas">Fotios Geas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Gigante" title="Louis Gigante">Louis Gigante</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bumpy_Johnson" title="Bumpy Johnson">Bumpy Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Kastel" title="Phillip Kastel">Phillip Kastel</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meyer Lansky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_LaTempa" title="Peter LaTempa">Peter LaTempa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Molinas" title="Jack Molinas">Jack Molinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angelo_Ponte" title="Angelo Ponte">Angelo Ponte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel" title="Bugsy Siegel">Bugsy Siegel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Informants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Cafaro" title="Vincent Cafaro">Vincent Cafaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lucas_(drug_dealer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank Lucas (drug dealer)">Frank Lucas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Rupolo" title="Ernest Rupolo">Ernest Rupolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Valachi" title="Joseph Valachi">Joseph Valachi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Factions and crews</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/116th_Street_Crew" title="116th Street Crew">116th Street Crew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Village_Crew" title="Greenwich Village Crew">Greenwich Village Crew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genovese_crime_family_New_Jersey_faction" title="Genovese crime family New Jersey faction">New Jersey faction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genovese_crime_family_Springfield_faction" title="Genovese crime family Springfield faction">Springfield faction</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Mob" title="Broadway Mob">Broadway Mob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Harlem_Purple_Gang" title="East Harlem Purple Gang">Purple Gang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Hearings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Special_Committee_to_Investigate_Crime_in_Interstate_Commerce" title="United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce">Kefauver Committee</a> (1950–1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valachi_hearings" title="Valachi hearings">Valachi hearings</a> (1963)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Scheme</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_Connection" title="French Connection">French Connection</a> (1960s–1970s)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Trials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mafia_Commission_Trial" title="Mafia Commission Trial">Mafia Commission Trial</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venero_Mangano" title="Venero Mangano">Window Case</a> (1991)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Wars</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mafia-Camorra_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Mafia-Camorra War">Mafia-Camorra War</a> (1914–1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castellammarese_War" title="Castellammarese War">Castellammarese War</a> (1929–1931)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Relation to other groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Allies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucchese_crime_family" title="Lucchese crime family">Lucchese family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambino_crime_family" title="Gambino crime family">Gambino family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonanno_crime_family" title="Bonanno crime family">Bonanno family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colombo_crime_family" title="Colombo crime family">Colombo family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_crime_family" title="Philadelphia crime family">Philadelphia family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Bugs_and_Meyer_Mob" class="mw-redirect" title="The Bugs and Meyer Mob">The Bugs-Meyer gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder,_Inc." title="Murder, Inc.">Murder, Inc.</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:5em">Rivals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Westies" class="mw-redirect" title="The Westies">Westies</a></li></ul> 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Five_Families" title="Five Families">Five Families</a> of<br />New York City</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Bonanno_crime_family" title="Bonanno crime family">Bonanno</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cotroni_crime_family" title="Cotroni crime family">Calabrian group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Motion_Lounge" title="The Motion Lounge">Motion Lounge crew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Springville_Boys" title="New Springville Boys">New Springville Boys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rizzuto_crime_family" title="Rizzuto crime family">Sicilian group</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Colombo_crime_family" title="Colombo crime family">Colombo</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_crime_family" title="Colombo crime family">Colombo</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Gambino_crime_family" title="Gambino crime family">Gambino</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Crew" title="Baltimore Crew">Baltimore Crew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozone_Park_Boys" title="Ozone Park Boys">Ozone Park Boys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Genovese_crime_family" title="Genovese crime family">Genovese</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/116th_Street_Crew" title="116th Street Crew">116th Street Crew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Mob" title="Broadway Mob">Broadway Mob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Village_Crew" title="Greenwich Village Crew">Greenwich Village Crew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genovese_crime_family_New_Jersey_faction" title="Genovese crime family New Jersey faction">New Jersey faction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genovese_crime_family_Springfield_faction" title="Genovese crime family Springfield faction">Springfield faction</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><b><a href="/wiki/Lucchese_crime_family" title="Lucchese crime family">Lucchese</a></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lucchese_crime_family_Brooklyn_faction" title="Lucchese crime family Brooklyn faction">Brooklyn faction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucchese_crime_family_New_Jersey_faction" title="Lucchese crime family New Jersey faction">New Jersey faction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanglewood_Boys" title="Tanglewood Boys">Tanglewood Boys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">East Coast</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_crime_family" title="Buffalo crime family">Buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeCavalcante_crime_family" title="DeCavalcante crime family">DeCavalcante</a> (Northern New Jersey)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarca_crime_family" title="Patriarca crime family">Patriarca</a> (New England) (<a href="/wiki/Angiulo_brothers" title="Angiulo brothers">Angiulo's Boston crew</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_crime_family" title="Philadelphia crime family">Philadelphia</a> (<a href="/wiki/10th_%26_Oregon_Crew" title="10th & Oregon Crew">10th & Oregon Crew</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Midwestern/Western</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Outfit" title="Chicago Outfit">Chicago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Partnership" title="Detroit Partnership">Detroit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_crime_family" title="Kansas City crime family">Kansas City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_crime_family" title="Los Angeles crime family">Los Angeles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Mostly defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bufalino_crime_family" title="Bufalino crime family">Bufalino</a> (Northeastern Pennsylvania)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_crime_family" title="Cleveland crime family">Cleveland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_crime_family" title="Colorado crime family">Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_crime_family" title="Dallas crime family">Dallas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genna_crime_family" title="Genna crime family">Genna</a> (Chicago)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lanzetta_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lanzetta Brothers">Lanzetta</a> (Philadelphia)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morello_crime_family" title="Morello crime family">Morello</a> (Italian Harlem)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%27Aquila_crime_family" title="D'Aquila crime family">D'Aquila</a> (Little Italy, Manhattan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_crime_family" title="New Orleans crime family">New Orleans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee_crime_family" title="Milwaukee crime family">Milwaukee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_crime_family" title="Pittsburgh crime family">Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochester_crime_family" title="Rochester crime family">Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockford_crime_family" title="Rockford crime family">Rockford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_crime_family" title="San Francisco crime family">San Francisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jose_crime_family" title="San Jose crime family">San Jose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_crime_family" title="St. Louis crime family">St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trafficante_crime_family" title="Trafficante crime family">Trafficante</a> (Tampa)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Structure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Chain of command</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Commission_(American_Mafia)" title="The Commission (American Mafia)">The Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_boss" title="Crime boss">Boss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underboss" title="Underboss">Underboss</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Consigliere" title="Consigliere">Consigliere</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Caporegime" title="Caporegime">Caporegime</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soldato" title="Soldato">Soldato</a></i></li> <li>Associate</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Members (<i><a href="/wiki/Made_man" title="Made man">made men</a></i>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Italian-American_mobsters" title="List of Italian-American mobsters">List of Italian-American mobsters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Italian-American_mobsters_by_organization" title="List of Italian-American mobsters by organization">List of Italian-American mobsters by organization</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_Mafia-related_words" title="Glossary of Mafia-related words">Terms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Initiation_ritual_(mafia)" title="Initiation ritual (mafia)">Initiation ritual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Made_man" title="Made man">Made man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagman" title="Bagman">Bagman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hand_(extortion)" title="Black Hand (extortion)">Black Hand</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Hand_(Chicago)" title="Black Hand (Chicago)">Black Hand in Chicago</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feud" title="Feud">Vendetta</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Capo_dei_capi" title="Capo dei capi">Capo dei capi</a></i> (boss of bosses)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustache_Pete" title="Mustache Pete">Mustache Pete</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Omert%C3%A0" title="Omertà">Omertà</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One-way_ride" title="One-way ride">One-way ride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Family" title="Sixth Family">Sixth Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zips" title="Zips">Zips</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Meetings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City_Conference" title="Atlantic City Conference">Atlantic City Conference</a> (1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havana_Conference" title="Havana Conference">Havana Conference</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apalachin_meeting" title="Apalachin meeting">Apalachin meeting</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Hotel_et_des_Palmes_Mafia_meeting" title="Grand Hotel et des Palmes Mafia meeting">Palermo Mafia summit</a> (1957)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Hearings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Special_Committee_to_Investigate_Crime_in_Interstate_Commerce" title="United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce">Kefauver Committee</a> (1950–1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valachi_hearings" title="Valachi hearings">Valachi hearings</a> (1963)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Wars</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mafia%E2%80%93Camorra_War" title="Mafia–Camorra War">Mafia–Camorra War</a> (1914–1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castellammarese_War" title="Castellammarese War">Castellammarese War</a> (1929–1931)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Trials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pizza_Connection_Trial" title="Pizza Connection Trial">Pizza Connection Trial</a> (1985–1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mafia_Commission_Trial" title="Mafia Commission Trial">Mafia Commission Trial</a> (1985–1986)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Closely related<br />and affiliated<br />organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Active</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camorra" title="Camorra">Camorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colacurcio_Organization" title="Colacurcio Organization">Colacurcio Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commisso_%27ndrina" title="Commisso 'ndrina">Commisso 'ndrina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cotroni_crime_family" title="Cotroni crime family">Cotroni crime family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuntrera-Caruana_Mafia_clan" title="Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan">Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inzerillo_Mafia_clan" title="Inzerillo Mafia clan">Inzerillo Mafia clan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish-American_organized_crime" title="Jewish-American organized crime">Jewish Mafia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luppino_crime_family" title="Luppino crime family">Luppino crime family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musitano_crime_family" title="Musitano crime family">Musitano crime family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%27Ndrangheta" title="'Ndrangheta">'Ndrangheta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papalia_crime_family" title="Papalia crime family">Papalia crime family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Greek_Mob" title="Philadelphia Greek Mob">Philadelphia Greek Mob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rizzuto_crime_family" title="Rizzuto crime family">Rizzuto crime family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacra_Corona_Unita" title="Sacra Corona Unita">Sacra Corona Unita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Mafia" title="Sicilian Mafia">Sicilian Mafia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siderno_Group" title="Siderno Group">Siderno Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stidda" title="Stidda">Stidda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Velentzas_Organization" title="Velentzas Organization">Velentzas Organization</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:10em">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Mob" title="Broadway Mob">Broadway Mob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bugs_and_Meyer_Mob" title="Bugs and Meyer Mob">Bugs and Meyer Mob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bumpy_Johnson" title="Bumpy Johnson">Bumpy Johnson gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camorra_in_New_York_City" title="Camorra in New York City">New York Camorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Battle_Sr." title="José Miguel Battle Sr.">The Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Council_(drug_syndicate)" title="The Council (drug syndicate)">The Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Schultz" title="Dutch Schultz">Dutch Schultz Mob</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Harlem_Purple_Gang" title="East Harlem Purple Gang">East Harlem Purple Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five_Points_Gang" title="Five Points Gang">Five Points Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forty-Two_Gang" title="Forty-Two Gang">Forty-Two Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian-American_National_Union" title="Italian-American National Union">Italian-American National Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maceo_Organization" title="Maceo Organization">Maceo Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marat_Balagula" title="Marat Balagula">Marat Balagula gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murder,_Inc." title="Murder, Inc.">Murder, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Crime_Syndicate" title="National Crime Syndicate">National Crime Syndicate</a></li> <li><a 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title="Cement shoes">Cement shoes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shotgun_Man" title="Shotgun Man">Shotgun Man</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:American_Mafia" title="Category:American Mafia">Category</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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prohibition referendums <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1925_Western_Australian_prohibition_referendum" title="1925 Western Australian prohibition referendum">Western Australian, 1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_New_South_Wales_prohibition_referendum" title="1928 New South Wales prohibition referendum">New South Wales, 1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_Western_Australian_prohibition_referendum" title="1950 Western Australian prohibition referendum">Western Australian, 1950</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Mafia" title="American Mafia">American Mafia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Temperance_Society" title="American Temperance Society">American Temperance Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Saloon_League" title="Anti-Saloon League">Anti-Saloon League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_Against_the_Prohibition_Amendment" title="Association Against the Prohibition Amendment">Association Against the Prohibition Amendment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bathtub_gin" title="Bathtub gin">Bathtub gin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Act" title="Blaine Act">Blaine Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives" title="Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives">Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Prohibition" title="Bureau of Prohibition">Bureau of Prohibition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cullen%E2%80%93Harrison_Act" title="Cullen–Harrison Act">Cullen–Harrison Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dry_county" title="Dry county">Dry county</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dry_state" title="Dry state">Dry state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dry_communities_by_U.S._state" title="List of dry communities by U.S. state">List of dry communities by U.S. state</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_dietary_laws#Intoxicants" title="Islamic dietary laws">Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz_Age" title="Jazz Age">Jazz Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_option" title="Local option">Local option</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medicinal_Liquor_Prescriptions_Act_of_1933" title="Medicinal Liquor Prescriptions Act of 1933">Medicinal Liquor Prescriptions Act of 1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Pitcher_Club" title="Molly Pitcher Club">Molly Pitcher Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moonshine" title="Moonshine">Moonshine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo-prohibitionism" title="Neo-prohibitionism">Neo-prohibitionism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nip_joint" title="Nip joint">Nip joint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roaring_Twenties" title="Roaring Twenties">Roaring Twenties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rum-running" title="Rum-running">Rum-running</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rum_Patrol" title="Rum Patrol">Rum Patrol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rum_row" title="Rum row">Rum row</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sly-grog_shop" title="Sly-grog shop">Sly-grog shop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speakeasy" title="Speakeasy">Speakeasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_prohibition_referendum,_1922" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedish prohibition referendum, 1922">Swedish prohibition referendum, 1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teetotalism" title="Teetotalism">Teetotalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_movement" title="Temperance movement">Temperance movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_(Scotland)_Act_1913" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperance (Scotland) Act 1913">Temperance (Scotland) Act 1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Alliance" title="United Kingdom Alliance">United Kingdom Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volstead_Act" title="Volstead Act">Volstead Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voluntary_Committee_of_Lawyers" title="Voluntary Committee of Lawyers">Voluntary Committee of Lawyers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webb%E2%80%93Kenyon_Act" title="Webb–Kenyon Act">Webb–Kenyon Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wickersham_Commission" title="Wickersham Commission">Wickersham Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis%E2%80%93Campbell_Act" title="Willis–Campbell Act">Willis–Campbell Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woman%27s_Christian_Temperance_Union" title="Woman's Christian Temperance Union">Woman's Christian Temperance Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Meir_Allen" title="Martha Meir Allen">Martha Meir Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger" title="Harry J. Anslinger">Harry J. Anslinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Holliday_Barker" title="Thomas Holliday Barker">Thomas Holliday Barker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyman_Beecher" title="Lyman Beecher">Lyman Beecher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Capone" title="Al Capone">Al Capone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Duffy" title="Mickey Duffy">Mickey Duffy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxey_Gordon" title="Waxey Gordon">Waxey Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_Guinan" title="Texas Guinan">Texas Guinan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Hamer" title="Frank Hamer">Frank Hamer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Harvey_(Bible_Christian)" title="William Harvey (Bible Christian)">William Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover" title="J. Edgar Hoover">J. Edgar Hoover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton_N._Howard" title="Clinton N. Howard">Clinton N. Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bumpy_Johnson" title="Bumpy Johnson">Bumpy Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enoch_L._Johnson" title="Enoch L. Johnson">Enoch L. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Kerr" title="Norman Kerr">Norman Kerr</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Meyer Lansky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Richard_Lees" title="Frederic Richard Lees">Frederic Richard Lees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucky_Luciano" title="Lucky Luciano">Lucky Luciano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Maceo" title="Sam Maceo">Sam Maceo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owney_Madden" title="Owney Madden">Owney Madden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Malins" title="Joseph Malins">Joseph Malins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McCoy_(bootlegger)" class="mw-redirect" title="William McCoy (bootlegger)">William McCoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Howard_Moore" title="J. Howard Moore">J. Howard Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bugs_Moran" title="Bugs Moran">Bugs Moran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Nation" title="Carrie Nation">Carrie Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliot_Ness" title="Eliot Ness">Eliot Ness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Olmstead" title="Roy Olmstead">Roy Olmstead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_LaMontages_brothers" title="The LaMontages brothers">The LaMontages brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Lanzetta_Brothers" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lanzetta Brothers">Lanzetta Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Purple_Gang" title="The Purple Gang">The Purple Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Remus" title="George Remus">George Remus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Rothstein" title="Arnold Rothstein">Arnold Rothstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Hyde_Russell" title="Howard Hyde Russell">Howard Hyde Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Schultz" title="Dutch Schultz">Dutch Schultz</a></li> <li><a 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Prohibition Party (UK)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_Party" title="Prohibition Party">Prohibition Party</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Prohibition_Party" title="Scottish Prohibition Party">Scottish Prohibition Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prohibition_(miniseries)" title="Prohibition (miniseries)"><i>Prohibition</i> (2011 documentary miniseries)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Murder,_Incorporated" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse 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