National Crime Syndicate

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National Crime Syndicate
Founded1929
Founded by
loan sharking
Allies
RivalsSeveral gangs in the country

The National Crime Syndicate was a multi-ethnic, closely connected, American confederation of several criminal organizations. It mostly consisted of and was led by the closely interconnected Italian American Mafia and Jewish Mob. It also involved, to a lesser extent, other ethnic criminal organizations such as the Irish Mob and African-American crime groups. Hundreds of murders were committed by Murder, Inc. on behalf of the National Crime Syndicate during the 1930s and 1940s.

History

According to writers on organized crime, the Syndicate was an idea of

Jewish
organized crime groups throughout the United States.

The media dubbed the enforcement arm of the Syndicate "

Brooklyn mafiosi who carried out murders in the 1930s and 1940s for various crime bosses. It was headed by Buchalter and Anastasia, who reported to commission members Lansky
and Adonis, and included many infamous mobsters.

Murder Inc. consisted of two factions. One was the Jewish Brownsville Boys headed by Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, who reported to Lepke Buchalter and Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro. The other was the Italian Ocean Hill Hooligans led by Harry "Happy" Maione, who reported to Albert Anastasia. Bugsy Siegel was involved in many of Murder Inc.'s murders, but as a leading figure instead of a soldier.

In his biography of Meyer Lansky, Little Man (1991), journalist Robert Lacey argued that no National Crime Syndicate ever existed. "The idea of a National Crime Syndicate is often confused with the Mafia. Yet they are not the same thing," probably referring to the American Mafia.[4]

Although many of its members were imprisoned, and some were executed, the demise of the organization is as uncertain as its origins. By the late 1940s, Murder Inc. and most of its non-Italian components were defunct. Some individuals, such as Lansky, continued to operate as affiliates of Italian groups.

See also

Bibliography

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References

  1. ^ Abadinsky, Howard (2009). Organized Crime. Cengage Learning. p. 115.
  2. ^ Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia (Second ed.). Checkmark Books.
  3. ^ Eisenberg, Dennis; Dan, Uri; Landau, Eli (1979). Meyer Lansky: Mogul of the Mob. Paddington Press.
  4. ISBN 978-0-316-51168-1
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