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Tommy Lucchese - From Sicilian Immigrant to MAFIA EMPIRE BUILDER | True Crime
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Dec 15, 2024
Discover the extraordinary rise of Tommy "Three Finger Brown" Lucchese, from humble Sicilian immigrant to one of America's most powerful crime bosses. This shocking true crime documentary reveals how a 5'2" gangster built an empire through cunning, violence, and political connections. 🎯 #TrueCrime #MafiaHistory #Gangster #OrganizedCrime #TommyLucchese #NYCHistory 🕰️ Timeline: 00:00 - Introduction 02:15 - Early Life in Sicily 04:30 - Immigration to America 07:45 - Rise in Criminal Underworld 12:30 - Prohibition Era 15:45 - The Castellammarese War 20:00 - Building an Empire 25:15 - Political Connections 🎬 Featured Topics: - Prohibition Era Crime - Italian-American Mafia - New York City History
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Welcome to our Channel today we're
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diving into the life of gatan Tommy
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luches a founding figure in the American
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Mafia despite standing only 1.62 M tall
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Tommy luu sees provve that height
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doesn't matter when you have the talent
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to wreak havoc alongside his brothers
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Tommy built a criminal Empire feared by
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victims and envied by other Infamous
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figures becoming a US citizen was just a
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formality that solic defied his control
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over his criminal Kingdom born on
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December 1 1899 in palmo Sicily Tommy
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originally Thomas katano luches was the
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son of balasera and Franchesca luches in
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1911 the luchesi family left the hills
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of palmo for the Italian neighborhood of
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East Harlem Manhattan likely seeking
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better economic opportunities family had
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a history in barbering with both his
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father and grandfather working in the
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trade however this traditional
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occupation no longer provided sufficient
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income like many other cilian families
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of the time the lucheses were drawn to
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New York by the promise of a better
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future amidst the economic crisis in
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Italy their life in New York was a blend
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of nostalgia for their Homeland and the
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hope for New Opportunities katano had
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three brothers Joseph Vincent and
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Anthony lé who also followed him into
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organized crime albeit with less
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prominence all three brothers also
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followed him into organized crime their
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father made an honest living in New York
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by transporting cement and occasionally
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cutting hair although Tommy's formal
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education is unknown he tried his hand
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in a machine shop but lost two fingers
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in an accident in the 1915 undeterred by
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this Misfortune Tommy quickly immersed
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himself in the 107th street gang where
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pickpocketing and store robberies were
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just the beginning of his criminal
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activities he operated under the
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protection of mafia boss gatan Raina a
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classic old school Sicilian mafioso who
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turned this gang into Tommy's training
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ground for organized crime by the 1910s
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Raina was head of the Morello crime
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family when that organization fell apart
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Raina established his own crime family
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in 1920 ruling over criminal operations
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in the Bronx and parts of East Harlem
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his organization held a monopoly on Ice
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distribution in the Bronx and Tommy
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served as his Hitman and Enforcer at 18
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Tommy showcased his entrepreneurial
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Spirit by starting a window washing
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business in East Harlem of course his
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business model included a special
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protection Clause if someone refused to
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hire or pay for his Services their
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Windows would end up broken his cunning
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new knew no bounds he even operated from
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a political Club blending business and
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politics like a true crime Visionary of
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the
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1920s luches Consolidated his power and
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allied with the infamous Charles Lucky
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Luciano a move that catapulted him into
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the upper echelons of organized crime
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early in the decade Luciano was
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recruited by Joe masera a major mafia
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boss at the time as a soldier for Mia
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Luciano worked with Rising gangsters ERS
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like veto joves and Frank Costello even
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before meeting Tommy Luciano was already
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building his criminal Empire through
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strategic alliances that would shape the
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future of organized crime in the United
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States throughout his criminal career
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Tommy was only arrested six times his
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first arrest was in 1920 and his last
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was 15 years later remarkably he never
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served a long prison sentence which only
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added to his notorious leg
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his first arrest took place in Riverhead
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Long Island for Grand larssen after
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stealing a car during his booking a
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police officer with a Jer sense of humor
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compared L's deformed hand to that of
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Mor's deformed hand to that of moray
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three-finger Brown a major league
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baseball pitcher with a similar
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deformity this nickname never sat well
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with Tommy and for good reason there is
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nothing more annoying than a cheap
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nickname that reminded him of his
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mutilated hand while he was building a
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criminal Empire in January of the
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following year Tommy was convicted of
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car theft and sentenced to 3 years and 9
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months in prison in March 1922 in a
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Twist worthy of a gangster film he
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served only 13 months in Sing Sing
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Correctional Facility before being
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paroled in
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1923 Tommy lé emerged from prison just
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in time to capitalize on prohibition a
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13 year period that banned alcohol in
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the United States unleashing a lucrative
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Black Market the mafia skilled in the
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art of bootlegging established speaky
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and bribed officials to operate without
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major hitches during this alcohol
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drought Mafia Adept at smuggling set up
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secret bars and bribed officials to
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operate smoothly during the prohibition
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era's alcohol drought old Associates
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like Lucky Luciano Frank Costello and
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mayor Lansky partnered with Arnold the
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brain Rothstein to a mass Fortune
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selling illegal liquor prohibition
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became a criminal gold mean with the
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underworld navigating the law and crime
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as easily as uncorking clandestine
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bottles for Tommy lé the illegal alcohol
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trade was highly profitable enabling him
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to reinvest in expanding his criminal
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Enterprises into areas like gambling and
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prostitution in August
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1927 he was temporarily arrested under
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the Alias th Sara for receiving stolen
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goods but he was not easily caught in
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July of the following year he was
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arrested alongside his brother-in-law
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Joseph Rosato for the murder of Lis
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sasao but the charges were dropped lé
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accumulated arrests like trophies in
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1930 for murder a year later for an
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investigation against him
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and 5 years after that for vagrancy each
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time authorities tried to apprehend him
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lé was released quickly proving to be a
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tough nut to crack with charges
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evaporating like smoke in the air
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despite his short stature our
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protagonist proved that even a gangster
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could have a family like any respectable
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citizen at the age of 28 he married
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Catherine who is practically a teenage
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bride at 19 years old
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they established their home in malba
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queens before moving to a house valued
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at $11,000 in Leo Beach Long Island
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there he truly shined entertaining the
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elite of the mafia as if they were
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lifelong neighbors while maintaining the
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facade of a successful
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businessman nearly a year after the
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wedding Tommy had a son named
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baldasar three years later his daughter
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Francis was born despite these family
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joys
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the 1930s did not start easily for Tommy
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in his line of work the castala maray
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war a bloody Fest of betrayals and
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murders redefined the landscape of
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organized crime in the United States in
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the early 30s in a scenario worthy of a
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Shakespearean tragedy two Mafia factions
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one led by Joe Masseria and the other by
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Salvatore
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Marzano battled for control of the under
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world mesaria with his team of old
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school Sicilians like Lucky Luciano
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Albert Anastasia katano Rena and Vito
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genoves represented tradition and
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conservatism his faction clung to Old
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customs and the notion that only
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Italians were worthy of doing business
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with them luches being an associate of
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Luciano and a member of the Raina family
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initially sided with this faction on the
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other hand maranzano arrived from
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castellamare Del gulfo with a different
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proposition bringing with him emerging
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figures like Joseph bonano and Stefano
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magadino a different proposition emerged
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bringing new figures like Joseph bonano
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and Stefano magadino into the fry this
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conflict wasn't just a battle between
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two criminal leaders but also symbolized
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a generational Clash the old guard with
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their extravagant mustaches and
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adherence to Traditions faced off
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Against The Young Turks a new generation
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of Italian American Mobsters who had no
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patience for old rules led by Luciano
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these young ambitious gangsters wanted
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to modernize the mafia and were willing
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to collaborate with non-italians to
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expand their criminal
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activities War kicked off with the
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murder of Detroit boss Gaspar malazzo
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ordered by Joe Masia quickly spiraling
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into a series of vendettas and betrayals
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katano Rena the infamous Capo who led
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the Raina family was killed in the Bronx
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on February 26th 1930 under masseria's
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orders apparently Raina had switched
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sides to join Salvatore maranzano
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becoming a victim of his own Ally
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proving that loyalty in the criminal
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World melts away like ice cream in the
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sun when Mia decided to install a puppet
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Joseph pinzolo to lead the Raina family
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luches and his friend Tommy gag o
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decided it was time to switch sides they
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felt it was embarrassing to be led by
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pinolo whom they considered an imposed
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leader unable to even pronounce Canali
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correctly mysteriously pinzolo was found
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dead in September 1930 in a room rented
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months earlier by Lucha's import
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business following this Gagliano
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immediately took over the leadership of
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the family some suggest it was a
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coincidence but those who knew lé
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understood that the only kind of
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coincidence he approved of involved
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putting a bullet in an enemy's head
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luches with his sharp sense for betrayal
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began to court maranzano meanwhile
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Luciano and genes started to do the same
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and decided to betray their boss Joe
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masiah Luciano lured Masia to a supposed
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meeting at the newova Villa tomaro
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Restaurant in Island while playing cards
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Luciano excused himself to go to the
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bathroom and within minutes gunmen
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entered the restaurant and ended Joe
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masari's life with Mia out of the way
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maranzano felt secure and began to
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reorganize the mafia into what he
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considered a more efficient structure
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dividing it into five families each with
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its own territory and hierarchy this
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reorganization laid the foundation for a
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more structured and efficient Mafia but
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also stirred the Ambitions of younger
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criminals who were not willing to accept
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maranzano as the new capo DTI Capi but
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here comes another twist although lé had
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ingratiated himself with maranzano deep
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down he remained loyal to Luciano when
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he discovered that maranzano had hired
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the Hitman Vincent mad dog called to
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permanently eliminate Luciano luches
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decided to shift his flexible loyalty
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once more in an act of mob altruism that
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could make any film director cry luches
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informed Luciano of maranzano's plan
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thus in September
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1931 thus in September 1931 Lucky
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Luciano decided to take the initiative
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with the help of Maya Lansky and
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Benjamin Bugsy seel Luciano sent four
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Jewish gangsters to maranzano's office
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these assassins unknown to maranzano's
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men killed him without leaving any
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survivors with maranzano out of the
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picture and marking the end of the
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castellamare war Luciano wasted no time
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reorganizing the criminal world he
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created the mafia commission a governing
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body for organized crime that
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definitively replaced the old structure
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of a single Boss Of All
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Bosses the structure of a single Boss Of
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All Bosses was replaced by a new system
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recognizing five criminal families each
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with its own territory and activities
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with Luciano being the first among
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equals by eliminating the Capo DTI Capi
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figure Luciano ensured that no internal
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Wars would threaten his control again
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thanks to Lucky Luciano's reforms New
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York's underworld entered a brief period
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of Peace Thomas gagano maintained his
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position as the leader of one of the
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five families after Luciano's rise in
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1932 Gagliano decided to keep a very low
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profile making it difficult to know
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about his movements he preferred to give
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orders through close allies particularly
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Tommy Luis who was his underboss and the
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most visible face of the Raina
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family however Luciano's dominance on
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the commission didn't last long after
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his conviction for forced prostitution
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in 1936 and his deportation 10 years
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later power struggles within his own
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crime family and among the five families
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came to the Forefront gagano with his
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reserved approach was at a disadvantage
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in these conflicts outnumbered on the
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commission by an alliance of the bonano
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magadino
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profasi and Mangano families during his
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years as underboss bles formed an
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alliance with ls lepka Balter who was
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one of the brains behind Murder Inc a
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contract killing service that made
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competitors look like amateurs LEP
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handled extortions and murders as easily
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as others manage a fast food menu LEP
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and lé controlled many of the largest
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local unions in the international ladies
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garment Workers Union in the Garment
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District the Raina family also dominated
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unions in the trucking construction and
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Food Industries and held undisclosed
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ownership interests in several Manhattan
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nightclubs lé understood that to truly
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dominate one needed to be not only
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strong but also intelligent and
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strategic while operating from the
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Shadows Tommy ensured that the family's
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operations continued smoothly becoming a
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figure who occasionally overshadowed the
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boss without contradicting him in the
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shadows Tommy ensured the family's
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operations ran smoothly often outshining
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the boss without contradicting him he
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skillfully navigated the complexities of
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immigration becoming a US citizen on
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January 25
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1943 in Newark New Jersey this new
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status allowed him to conceal his
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criminal past like a magician hiding a
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marked card Tommy also attended the
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infamous Havana conference in
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1946 organized by the cunning Charles
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lucky luano this event was akin to a
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supervillain convention where Mobsters
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from across the United States gathered
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to plan their next big moves without
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stepping on each other's toes in Havana
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these crime Lords fortified their empire
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and prepared for a golden age of illegal
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activities among the notable attendees
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was Tommy L the under boss of the Raina
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crime family ever the opportunist Tommy
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was there to ensure his family's
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interests were well represented and to
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find new lucrative avenues for their
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operations while the specifics of
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Tommy's contributions to the conference
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remain undocumented his presence alone
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speaks volumes about his significance in
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the mafia's power structure at that time
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meanwhile Gagliano the boss of the
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family spent his later years in a kind
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of golden retirement in Long Island he
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passed away on February 16
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1951 from arteriosclerotic heart disease
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his exact age at death is uncertain with
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some even suggesting he might have died
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earlier before he passed Gagliano
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entrusted the daily management of his
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Empire to his loyal under boss Tommy
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luches in an ultimate Act of loyalty and
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pragmatism Tommy took the Reigns without
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hesitation becoming the new head of the
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family in a seamless blend of supreme
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loyalty and sheer pragmatism Tommy
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luches took over the Reigns of power
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without hesitation becoming the new boss
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during the Senate hearings on organized
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crime that year it was confirmed with a
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mix of sadness and ambition that his
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former Superior had passed away such was
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the influence of the new leader that the
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family quickly adopted his name becoming
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the luches crime family wasting no time
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in consolidating his power Tommy
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appointed loyal Mobsters like Stefano
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Lal as his right-hand man and Vincenzo
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Rio as his
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consigliere that same year luches forged
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a network of alliances with veto genoves
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of the Luciano family and Carlo jambino
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of the Anastasia family together the
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they had a long-term vision of nothing
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less than absolute control over the
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commission Tommy didn't limit his
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influence to the underworld he
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cultivated close friendships with
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prominent New York
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politicians understanding that true
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power is forged in the shadows of both
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political and criminal spheres among the
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notable figures absorbed by the Capo
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were Democratic mayors of New York
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William OWI and Vincent Impaler as well
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as several members of the Judiciary who
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assisted the family on numerous
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occasions his ideological triangle was
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simple yet effective money a low profile
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and evasion of the law the luches family
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not only took control of the Garment
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District and transportation in Manhattan
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but also mastered the art of Union
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manipulation and bending rules without
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breaking them in the 1950s luches and
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his Southern counterpart Santo
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trafficante Jr wo a drug trafficking
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Network work that would make any modern
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drug lord blush trafficking Junior
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meticulously trained in the dark rituals
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of the mafia by his father maintained a
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strong and frequent relationship with
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Tommy in the clandestine parlor of the
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Big Apple in
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1952 when Attorney General James mcgrery
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initiated a denaturalization process
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against luk Tommy must have smiled
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behind his shiny glasses the government
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claimed that luchis had not disclosed
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all his arrest records when he applied
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for citizenship in
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1943 between 1943 in
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1957 Tommy and his associates decided it
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was time to shake up the organized crime
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hierarchy their plan was to Target the
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leaders of the Luciano and Anastasia
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crime families to seize control of the
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powerful commission the action began on
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May 2nd when Frank Costello's routine
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was dramatically interrupted after a
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peaceful dinner he was returning to his
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luxurious apartment in Central Park West
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when a black Cadillac pulled up behind
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his taxi Vincent the chin gigantti a
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large man with ill intentions emerged
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from the car with the subtlety of a bull
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in a china shop gigantti followed
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Costello into the lobby and shot him in
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the head without uttering a word
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miraculously the bullet only grazed
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Costello's skull leaving a superficial
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wound
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Gigante fled the scene
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immediately rushed to Roosevelt Hospital
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Costello was treated for what seemed
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like a more severe injury than it
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actually was when questioned by the
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police Costello adhering to the Code of
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Silence claimed he neither saw nor heard
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anything without Costello's cooperation
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Gigante was acquitted and went on to
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become the boss of the geneves family
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later that year Albert Anastasia decided
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to start start his day with a shave at
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the park Sheran hotel's barber shop in
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New York as he relaxed in the barber's
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chair two men with handkerchiefs over
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their faces burst in resembling a scene
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from an action movie they pushed the
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barber aside and opened fire on
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Anastasia in a Twist of irony Anastasia
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lunged at his attackers but ended up
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attacking their Reflections in the
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mirror the gunmen continued to shoot
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until a dazed and severely wounded and
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Asia fell dead on the barbershop floor
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initial theories suggested that veto
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genoves and Carlo Gambino orchestrated
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the hit while Joe Galla's crew claimed
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responsibility for the execution despite
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the rampant
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speculation despite the rampant
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speculation no one was definitively
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prosecuted for Anastasia's murder Carlo
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Gambino the underboss of the
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organization assumed leadership after
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Anastasia's death feeling Invincible
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veto genoves called for a national Mafia
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meeting to legitimize his control over
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the Luciano family the meeting initially
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contested in location ended up at
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mobster Joseph Barbara's country estate
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in appalachin New York just weeks before
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the year's end the New York State Police
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raided the meeting arresting dozens of
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gangsters as they fled like Rats from a
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sinking ship luckily Tommy lé had not
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not yet arrived sparing him the
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embarrassment of being detained however
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his coniger Vincenzo Rio along with
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other leaders like Gambino and geneves
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were not as fortunate the public
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humiliation of genoves provided the
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perfect Catalyst for a new alliance
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between Luciano Costello Lansky Gambino
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and of course Tommy
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luches these five venomous cobras
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decided that genoves had to be
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eliminated 2 years later with the help
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of his new friends geneves was arrested
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on narcotics trafficking charges and
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sent to prison where he eventually died
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in
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1969 Gambino emerged as the Puppet
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Master pulling strings with unparalleled
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cunning with geneves out of the picture
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the power dynamics within the commission
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shifted in favor of lé and his
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associates meanwhile Tommy relished his
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victory with a mix of cynicism M and
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satisfaction in April of the following
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year the US Supreme Court overturned his
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1952 denaturalization based on a legal
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technicality but the very next day
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Attorney General William Rogers
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determined to make life difficult for
23:46
luches initiated a new case against him
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try to solidify their pact in
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1961 the marriage between Thomas Gambino
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Carlo Gambino's son and Francis lucheses
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Tommy Lucha's daughter was not just a
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celebration of love but a consolidation
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of power between criminal
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dynasties as over 1,000 guests enjoyed
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the feast and toasts Carlo presented
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Tommy with a generous gift of
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$30,000 this gesture not only solidified
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their family Union but also ensured the
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expansion of their Dominion at John F
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Kennedy Airport Tommy skilled in the art
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of Union extortion and security control
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managed the strings of Power with the
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same efficiency he used to oversee
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incoming and outgoing flights meanwhile
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Gambino enjoyed an increasingly dominant
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position within the commission and in
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the dark alleys of organized crime in
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New York together they formed an
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Unstoppable Duo where Mafia laws
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surpassed any legal or moral
24:54
obstacles just a year later Joseph
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bonano with his eternal optimism and
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hunger for power decided it was time to
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revolutionize the mafia commission and
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take the Reigns alongside his loyal
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accomplice Joseph maglio the newly
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inaugurated boss of the proas family
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they concocted a plan that promised to
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be as bold as it was disastrous the plan
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was simple eliminate the heads of the
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gambino luches and magadino crime
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families along with Frank DeSimone
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because of course what could go wrong
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when you decide to kill the most
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powerful leaders in the crime world with
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everything planned mag lioko assigned
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the dirty task to his trusted Hitman
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Joseph colomo but here's where the plot
25:42
twists realizing the golden opportunity
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for his own career colomo decided to
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reveal the plot to the intended victims
25:51
Gambino and our Central protagonist
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neither of whom were exactly naive they
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quickly realized that maggle yo could
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not have devised such an ambitious plan
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alone and considering how close banano
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was to maglio as well as their family
26:06
ties Gambino and lé concluded that
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bonano was The Mastermind behind the
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plan the commission still in shock
26:15
summoned bonano and maglio to explain
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this disastrous coup attempt bonano in a
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reckless and revealing move fled to
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Montreal leaving Magoo to face the
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commission's Wrath alone sick and
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frightened mag lioko did the only
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sensible thing he confessed his role in
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the plot in an unconventional Act of
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Mercy the commission spared his life but
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forced him to retire as the boss of the
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prophecy family and imposed a modest
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fine of
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$50,000 as a reward for his
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opportunistic loyalty Colombo was given
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the leadership of the proaki family
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however such power did not last long for
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him
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in
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1965 Tommy was admitted to Columbia
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Presbyterian Hospital for surgery on an
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inoperable brain tumor the doctors did
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their best but the prognosis was Grim
27:10
they gave him between 3 and 6 months to
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live despite his cardiac issues Tommy
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spent a considerable amount of time in
27:18
the hospital receiving multiple
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treatments and therapies even though he
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was practically confined to his hospital
27:24
bed Tommy never stopped leading his
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crime family the following year the
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police mistakenly raided a meeting of
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Mafia leaders in Queens thinking they
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were selecting a successor for the aing
27:36
luches but no the sick man was still in
27:40
command and had no intention of stepping
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down defying all medical expectations
27:45
and despite his deteriorating Health
27:48
luches lived for nearly two more years
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after his surgery on July 13
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1967 at the age of 67 he finally passed
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away way in his home in Leo Beach Long
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Island it was more than the end of a
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criminal life it was more than the end
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of a criminal life it was a spectacle of
28:08
power and presence funeral was a grand
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production with over 1,000 attendees
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including politicians judges police
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officers and of course other Mobsters it
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resembled an Oscar's Gala More Than A
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Farewell to a Crime Boss all attendees
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paid their respects under the watchful
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eyes of of undercover police officers
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who like Paparazzi of the underworld
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immortalized the event with their
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cameras however when the mafia Throne
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becomes a game of musical chairs who
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needs principles when you can have an
28:42
interim boss L's preferred candidates to
28:45
succeed him as the family head were all
28:48
either imprisoned or attending Court
28:51
hearings such was the case with Anthony
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corallo Hector coko and Vincenzo Rio in
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desperation the commission chose Carmine
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tramunti to occupy the seat until
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Anthony carallo was released from prison
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and that wraps up the incredible Life
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and Legacy of Tommy loes if you enjoyed
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