List of Jewish-American mobsters - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of Jewish-American mobsters and organized crime

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figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day.

Name	Portrait	Life	Years active	Notes	References
Hyman Abrams Hyman Abrams Hyman Abrams was a Boston mobster and high ranking member under Charles "King" Solomon during Prohibition. He and other members of Solomon's organization took over Boston's criminal operations for themselves following Solomon's murder in 1933...	No image available		1920s-1960s	Lieutenant of Boston Mobster Charles Solomon during Prohibition. Later financed syndicate Las Vegas casinos with Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky , known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a Polish-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States... , Carl Cohen Carl Cohen Carl Cohen is Professor of Philosophy at the Residential College of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He is co-author of "The Animal Rights Debate" , a point-counterpoint volume with Prof... and Jack Entratter during the 1950s and 60s.
Evsei Agron Evsei Agron Evsei Agron was a thief in law and boss of New York City's Russian Mafia during the 1970s and '80s.Born in Leningrad, Agron immigrated to the United States under the Jackson-Vanik Amendment in 1975. He swiftly gained control of criminal operations among the Soviet Jews living in Brighton Beach...	No image available	d. 1985	1970s-1980s	Russian-born mobster who established and ran the Russian Mafia Russian Mafia The Russian Mafia is a name applied to organized crime syndicates in Russia and Ukraine. The mafia in various countries take the name of the country, as for example the Ukrainian mafia.... in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn until his murder in 1985.
Hyman Amberg Hyman Amberg Herman "Hyman" Amberg was a New York mobster who, with his brothers Joseph and Louis "Pretty" Amberg, formed one of the prominent criminal gangs during Prohibition....	No image available	1902-1926	1919-1926	New York mobster and chief enforcer for his brothers Joseph and Louis "Pretty" Amberg. Hyman and another convict committed suicide following an unsuccessful escape attempt from Tombs Prison.
Joseph Amberg Joseph C. Amberg Joseph Amburg was a New York mobster who, with his brothers Hyman and Louis "Pretty" Amberg, was involved in labor racketeering and other criminal activities. During the 1920s and 1930s the brothers competed with rivals such as Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, Abe "Kid Twist" Reles...	No image available	1892-1935	1919-1935	New York mobster who led one of the top gangs in Brooklyn during the 1920s and 30s with brothers Hyman and Louis Amberg. Amberg and an associate, Morris Kessler Morris Kessler Morris L. Kessler was an American mobster and member of Joseph Amberg's gang in Brooklyn during the early 1930s. As Amberg's personal chauffeur and bodyguard, Kessler was a close associate in his organization until he was killed alongside his boss at a Brownsville auto garage by members of Murder... , were executed by Murder Inc. in his Brownsville auto garage.
Louis "Pretty" Amberg Louis Amberg Louis "Pretty" Amberg was in a criminal organization with his brothers Joseph and Hyman Amberg competing against Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and the Shapiro Brothers for control of Brooklyn's racketeering activities during the 1920s and early 1930s. Ambergs body was found in a...	No image available	1897-1935	1919-1935	He and brothers Hyman and Joseph Amberg led one of the top criminal gangs in Brooklyn during the 1920s and 30s. The last surviving brother, he was murdered a month after his brother Louis by members of Murder Inc.
Moses Annenberg Moses Annenberg Moses "Moe" Louis Annenberg was an American newspaper publisher, who purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer, the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the United States. in 1936. The Inquirer has the sixteenth largest average weekday U.S...	No image available	1877-1942	1904-1936	Newspaperman and organized crime figure. Hired and directed criminal gangs on behalf of the Hearst Corporation Hearst Corporation The Hearst Corporation is an American media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower, Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. Founded by William Randolph Hearst as an owner of newspapers, the company's holdings now include a wide variety of media... during Chicago's "circulation wars" of 1910-1911, and later became owner of the National Racing Wire during the 1920s and 30s. Later used his wealth to purchase The Philadelphia Inquirer The Philadelphia Inquirer The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the... and found the Annenberg Foundation Annenberg Foundation The Annenberg Foundation is a private foundation that provides funding and support to non-profit organizations in the United States and around the world... . Jailed for tax evasion in 1939.
Marat Balagula Marat Balagula Marat Balagula is a Russian - Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, former mob boss, and associate of the Lucchese crime family. He has often been referred to as "the Russian Tony Soprano."-Early life:...	No image available	b. 1943	1977-1986	Associate of the Lucchese crime family Lucchese crime family The Lucchese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano "Tommy" Reina serving as boss up until his murder... during the 1970s and 80s. Succeeded Evsei Agron Evsei Agron Evsei Agron was a thief in law and boss of New York City's Russian Mafia during the 1970s and '80s.Born in Leningrad, Agron immigrated to the United States under the Jackson-Vanik Amendment in 1975. He swiftly gained control of criminal operations among the Soviet Jews living in Brighton Beach... as head of the Russian Mafia Russian Mafia The Russian Mafia is a name applied to organized crime syndicates in Russia and Ukraine. The mafia in various countries take the name of the country, as for example the Ukrainian mafia.... in 1985 but fled the country to avoid criminal charges a year later. He was extradited back to the US in 1989 and received a 18-year sentence in federal prison.
David Berman David Berman (mobster) David "Davie the Jew" Berman was a Jewish-American organized crime figure in Iowa, New York City, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was also one of the pioneers of gambling in Las Vegas, Nevada...	No image available	1903-1957	1916-1957	Associate member of the Genovese crime family Genovese crime family The Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime... who ran syndicate operations in Iowa and Minnesota from the 1920s to the 40s. Involve in syndicate casinos in Las Vegas during the 1940s and 50s, he and Moe Sedway Moe Sedway Moe Sedway was the faithful lieutenant of organized crime czar Meyer Lansky. Sedway had his own police record dating as far back as the early 1920s in New York. He began making trips to Las Vegas on Lansky's behalf in the early 1930s to franchise the syndicate's Trans-America race wire service... took over The Flamingo after Bugsy Siegel's murder in 1947.
Otto "Abbadabba" Berman Otto Berman Otto Biederman, known as Otto "Abbadabba" Berman , was an accountant for American organized crime. He is known for coining the phrase "Nothing personal, it's just business."...	No image available	1889-1935	1920s-1930s	Mob accountant and financial advisor for New York mobster Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz was a New York City-area Jewish American gangster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crime-related activities such as bootlegging alcohol and the numbers racket... .
Abe Bernstein Abe Bernstein Abe Bernstein was a Detroit, Michigan gangster and a leader of the infamous Prohibition-era Purple Gang with his brothers Joseph Bernstein, Raymond Bernstein, and Isadore Bernstein. Born in New York, Abe Bernstein and his brothers moved to Detroit in their youth...	No image available	1892–1968	1910s-1960s	Detroit mobster and leader of The Purple Gang The Purple Gang The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang, were a mob with predominantly Jewish members of bootleggers and hijackers in the 1920s, operating out of Detroit, Michigan, which was a major port for running alcohol products during Prohibition due to proximity to Canada.Many openly violent... . After the end of Prohibition, he ran syndicate gambling operations in Miami up until his death in 1968.
William Morris Bioff William Morris Bioff William Morris Bioff was an American organized crime figure who operated as a labor leader in the movie production business from the 1920s through the 1940s...	No image available	1900–1955	1920s-1930s	Chicago labor racketeer who extorted millions of dollars from Hollywood studios on behalf of the Chicago Outfit Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob and sometimes shortened to simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA... during the 1930s.
Charles Birger Charles Birger Charles Birger was an American bootlegger during the Prohibition period in southern Illinois. His real name was Shachna Itzik Birger, and he emigrated to the United States as a child with his parents from the Russian Empire....	No image available	1881–1928	1919-1928	Illinois bootlegger who feuded with the Shelton Brothers Gang Shelton Brothers Gang The Shelton Brothers Gang was an early Prohibition era bootlegging gang based in southern Illinois. They were the main rivals of the famous bootlegger Charles Birger. In 1950 the Saturday Evening Post described the Sheltons as "America's Bloodiest Gang".... throughout Prohibition.
Alex "Shondor" Birns Alex Birns Alex Birns , also known as Shondor, was a notorious Jewish-American mobster and racketeer from Cleveland, Ohio who was once labeled as the city's Public Enemy No. 1 by the local newspapers...	No image available	1907–1975		A major gangland figure in Cleveland throughout the 20th century. At one time considered Public Enemy No. 1 Public Enemy No. 1 The gang started as "Peni Death Squad ,a punk gang in the 1980s, the name being derived from the anarcho-punk/deathrock band, 'Rudimentary Peni'. Originally, PDS were mainly a loose-knit group of suburban kids, runaways and homeless kids. Other punk gangs, La Mirada punks, Vicious Circle, The HB's,... , he controlled the city's underworld until his murder by Danny Greene Danny Greene Daniel "Danny" J. Patrick Greene was an Irish American mobster and associate of Cleveland mobster John Nardi during the gang war for the city's criminal operations during the 1970s. Competing gangsters set off more than 35 bombs, most attached to cars in murder attempts, many successful... in 1975.
Herbert Blitzstein Herbert Blitzstein Herbert "Fat Herbie" Blitzstein was a loanshark, bookmaker and lieutenant to Tony "The Ant" Spilotro and the Chicago Outfit in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Biography:...	No image available	1934–1997		Loanshark and bookmaker for the Chicago Outfit during the 1950s and 60s. He was the top lieutenant of Anthony Spilotro Anthony Spilotro Anthony "The Ant" Spilotro was an Italian-American mobster and enforcer for the Chicago Outfit in Las Vegas during the 1970s and 1980s. His job was to protect and oversee the Outfit's illegal casino profits... when he and his crew were sent to Las Vagas.
Ike Bloom Ike Bloom Ike Bloom was an American businessman, cabaret and nightclub owner in Chicago, Illinois from the turn of the century and throughout Prohibition...		1865–1930		An early organized crime figure in Chicago associated with "Big Jim" Colosimo. Owned some of the city's most popular nightclubs, such as Midnight Forlics and Kreiberg's, during Prohibition.
Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld Kid Cann Isadore Blumenfeld , commonly known as Kid Cann, was a Jewish-American organized crime figure based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for over four decades and remains the most notorious mobster in the history of Minnesota...	No image available	1900–1981	1900s-1980s	Minneapolis mobster who ran the city's underworld from the 1920s until his conviction for violating the Mann Act Mann Act The White-Slave Traffic Act, better known as the Mann Act, is a United States law, passed June 25, 1910 . It is named after Congressman James Robert Mann, and in its original form prohibited white slavery and the interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”... in 1957. Later retired to Miami Beach where he and Meyer Lansky operated a real estate empire and were involved in syndicate operations in Miami and Havana up until his death in 1981.
Louis "Lepke" Buchalter Louis Buchalter Louis "Lepke" Buchalter was a Jewish American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. After Dutch Schultz' request of the Mafia Commission for permission to kill his enemy, U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey, the Commission decided to kill Schultz in order to prevent the hit...		1897–1944	1910s-1940s	New York labor racketeer who dominated the Lower East Side with Jacob Shapiro during the 1920s and 30s. Later headed Murder Inc. and was eventually sent to the electric chair at Sing Sing Sing Sing Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services in the town of Ossining, New York... for his role in the organization. He is the only major mobster to be executed by the state.
Mickey Cohen Mickey Cohen Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen was a gangster based in Los Angeles and part of the Jewish Mafia, and also had strong ties to the American Mafia from the 1930s through 1960s.-Early life:...	No image available	1914–1976	1923-1961	Major underworld figure in Los Angeles during the 1930s and 40s. Later helped Bugsy Siegel set up The Flamingo in Las Vegas and ran its sports book operation.
Louis Cohen Louis Cohen Louis Cohen was a New York mobster who murdered labor racketeer "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan and was an associate of labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalter...	No image available	1904–1939	1910s-1930s	New York mobster who killed Nathan Kaplan on behalf of rival labor racketeers Jacob Orgen and Louis Buchalter in 1923.
Moe Dalitz Moe Dalitz Morris Barney "Moe" Dalitz was a Jewish American bootlegger, racketeer, casino owner and philanthropist who was one of the major figures who helped shape Las Vegas, Nevada in the 20th century. He was often referred to as Mr...	No image available	1899–1989	1920s-1960s	Leader of the Mayfield Road Gang during Prohibition. He was later involved the development of syndicate gaming in Las Vegas during the 1940s and 50s.
Stanley Diamond	No image available	1922-1991	1960s-1970s	Associate member of the Lucchese crime family Lucchese crime family The Lucchese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano "Tommy" Reina serving as boss up until his murder... associated with Henry Hill and Jimmy Burke during the 1970s.
Monk Eastman Monk Eastman Edward "Monk" Eastman was a New York City Gangster who founded and led one of the most powerful street gangs in New York City at the turn of the Twentieth Century, the Eastman Gang. His other aliases included Joseph "Joe" Morris, Joe Marvin, William "Bill" Delaney, and Edward "Eddie" Delaney...		1873–1920	1898-1920	Founder of the Eastman Gang Eastman Gang The Eastman Gang was the last of New York's street gangs which dominated the city's underworld during the late 1890s until early 1910s. Along with the Five Points Gang under Paul Kelly, the Eastmans succeeded the long dominant Whyos as the first non-Irish street gang to gain prominence in the... , one of the last of New York's major street gangs, and dominated the city's underworld at the turn of the century.
Monya Elson	No image available	b. 1951	1970s-1990s	Russian-born mobster who feuded with Boris Nayfeld Boris Nayfeld Boris Nayfeld, alias Biba, was a Belarusian mob boss and heroin trafficker, who operated out of Brighton Beach, New York City.- Arrival to America and rise to power :... over control of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn during the 1990s. One of Ukrainian mobster Semion Mogilevich Semion Mogilevich Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich is a Ukrainian-born organized crime boss, believed by European and United States federal law enforcement agencies to be the "boss of bosses" of most Russian Mafia syndicates in the world... 's closest associates, he at one time controlled a criminal empire stretching from Russia to New York and Los Angeles.
Maxie Eisen	No image available		1910s-1920s	Chicago labor racketeer allied with Dion O'Banion and the North Side Gang North Side Gang The North Side family Gang, also known as the North Side Mob, was the dominant Irish-American criminal organization within Chicago during the Prohibition era from the early to late 1920s and principal rival of the Johnny Torrio-Al Capone organization, later known as the Chicago Outfit.- Early... , and later for the Joe Saltis-Frank McErlane Gang Frank McErlane Frank McErlane was a Prohibition-era gangster. He led the Saltis-McErlane Gang, allied with the Johnny Torrio-Al Capone Gang, against rival bootleggers, the Southside O'Donnell Brothers. He is credited with introducing the Thompson submachine gun to Chicago's underworld... during the 1920s.
John Factor John Factor John Factor , born Iakov Faktorowicz and popularly known by the nickname "Jake the Barber", was a Prohibition-era gangster and con artist affiliated with the Chicago Outfit who later became a prominent businessman and Las Vegas casino proprietor...	No image available	1892–1984	1920s-1960s	British-born Chicago gangster and con artist associated with the Chicago Outfit Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob and sometimes shortened to simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA... whose staged 1933 kidnapping resulted in the wrongful conviction of Roger Touhy Roger Touhy Roger Touhy was an Irish-American mob boss and prohibition-era bootlegger from Chicago, Illinois. He is best remembered for having been framed for the 1933 faked kidnapping of gangster John "Jake the Barber" Factor, a brother of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor, Sr... . He later became a prominent businessman and casino owner in Las Vegas 1950s and 60s.
Ludwig "Tarzan" Fainberg Ludwig Fainberg Leonid "Tarzan" Fainberg also known as Ludwig Lyosha Fainberg is an Israeli mobster. Born in Odessa, Fainberg left the Soviet Union in the early 1980s for Israel, and moved to the United States following the fall of the Soviet Union. In the mid-1990s, Fainberg attempted to purchase a Soviet...	No image available	b. 1958	1980-1999	Ukrainian-born New York mobster associated with the Russian Mafia Russian Mafia The Russian Mafia is a name applied to organized crime syndicates in Russia and Ukraine. The mafia in various countries take the name of the country, as for example the Ukrainian mafia.... in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn and South Florida during the 1990s. He was convicted on RICO RICO -Music:Rico , a 2000 album by Matt Bianco"Rico" , a 1998 song the Matthew Good Band from the album Underdogs*Rico International, a manufacturer of reeds, mouthpieces, and woodwind accessories... charges for his involvement in arraigning the sale a Russian submarine to a group of Colombian drug dealers in 1999.
Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein	No image available	1889–1977?	1900-1941	New York mobster who dominated labor racketeering with Joseph Rosenzweig Joseph Rosenzweig Joseph "Joe The Greaser" Rosenzweig was a Jewish American and New York labor racketeer in the early 1900s as an ally of "Dopey" Benny Fein during the labor slugger war from 1914-1917.-Biography:... in the Lower East Side during the 1910s.
Irving Feinstein Irving Feinstein Irving "Puggy" Feinstein was a New York mobster involved in illegal gambling labor racketeering with Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Puggy had made the mistake of attempting to move into turf which was not his own. He was later murdered by several members of Murder Inc...	No image available	1910–1939	1930s	New York mobster involved in illegal gambling and labor racketeering with Louis "Lepke" Buchalter during the 1930s.
Abraham Friedman Abraham Friedman Abraham "Whitey" Friedman was a New York mobster and former associate of Nathan "Kid Dropper" Kaplan and later for labor racketeers Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro as an enforcer in New York's garment district during the 1920s and 30s. One of many former associates killed by...	No image available	1897–1939	1920s-1930s	New York mobster and enforcer for labor racketeer Nathan Kaplan Nathan Kaplan "Kid Dropper" Nathan Caplin or Kaplan , also known as Jack the Dropper, was an American gangster controlling labor racketeering and extortion in New York City during the post-World War I period into the early years of Prohibition in the early 1920s.-Biography:One of seven children, Kaplan was born... , and later Louis Buchalter Louis Buchalter Louis "Lepke" Buchalter was a Jewish American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. After Dutch Schultz' request of the Mafia Commission for permission to kill his enemy, U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey, the Commission decided to kill Schultz in order to prevent the hit... and Jacob Shapiro Jacob Shapiro Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro was a New York mobster who, with his partner Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for two decades and established the Murder, Inc. organization.-Early years:... during the 1920s and 30s.
Isadore Friedman Isadore Friedman Isadore or Irving Friedman , also known under the alias Danny Field, was a New York mobster and an associate of labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. He later agreed to testify against Buchalter on behalf of District Attorney Thomas E...	No image available	d. 1939	1920s-1930s	New York mobster associated with labor racketeer Louis Buchalter during the 1920s and 30s.
Martin Goldstein Martin Goldstein Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein was a member of a gang of hitmen, operating out of Brooklyn, New York in the 1930s, known as Murder, Inc.....	No image available	1905–1941	1920s-1930s	Hitman and member of Murder Incorporated. Involved in the 1939 murder of Irving Feinstein Irving Feinstein Irving "Puggy" Feinstein was a New York mobster involved in illegal gambling labor racketeering with Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Puggy had made the mistake of attempting to move into turf which was not his own. He was later murdered by several members of Murder Inc... and later executed with other members of Murder Inc. in 1941.
Waxey Gordon Waxey Gordon Waxey Gordon was an American gangster who specialized in bootlegging and illegal gambling. An associate of Arnold Rothstein during prohibition he was caught up in a power struggle following his death...	No image available	1889–1952	1900s-1950s	New York mobster who oversaw bootlegging operations for Arnold Rothstein Arnold Rothstein Arnold Rothstein , nicknamed "The Brain", was a New York businessman and gambler who became a famous kingpin of the Jewish mafia. Rothstein was also widely reputed to have been behind baseball's Black Sox Scandal, in which the 1919 World Series was fixed... during Prohibition. He was eventually imprisoned for tax evasion in 1933 and, again in 1951, for selling heroin.
Gus Greenbaum Gus Greenbaum Gus Greenbaum was a member of the Chicago Outfit and syndicate accountant for Las Vegas casino operations.An associate of Meyer Lansky, Greenbaum joined his organization on New York's Lower East Side in the mid or late 1910s...	No image available	1894–1958	1910s-1950s	Member of the Chicago Outfit and ran syndicate casinos in Las Vegas during the 1940s and 50s.
Harry Greenberg Harry Greenberg Harry Schachter or Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg was an associate and childhood friend of Bugsy Siegel, and an employee of both Charlie "Lucky" Luciano and Meyer Lansky. On November 22, 1939, Greenberg was murdered by Bugsy Siegel and his brother-in-law, Whitey Krakower...	No image available	d. 1939	1920s-1930s	An associate and childhood friend of Bugsy Siegel Bugsy Siegel Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was an American gangster who was involved with the Genovese crime family... , he later worked for Charlie "Lucky" Luciano and Meyer Lansky.
Max "Big Maxie" Greenberg Max Greenberg Max "Big Maxie" Greenberg was an American bootlegger and organized crime figure in Detroit, Michigan and later as a member of Egan's Rats in St. Louis. He oversaw the purchasing of sacramental wine from Orthodox rabbis, then allowed under the Volstead Act, which were sold to bootleggers in the St....	No image available	1883–1933		Detroit mobster and a member of Egan's Rats Egan's Rats Egan's Rats was an American organized crime group that exercised considerable power in St. Louis, Missouri from 1890 to 1924. Its 35 years of criminal activity included bootlegging, labor slugging, voter intimidation, armed robbery, and murder... .
Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik Jake Guzik Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik was the financial and legal advisor, and later political “greaser”, for the Chicago Outfit.-Early life:...	No image available	1886–1956	1910s-1950s	Financial and legal advisor to the Chicago Outfit Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob and sometimes shortened to simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA... .
Hyman Holtz Hyman Holtz Hyman "Curly" Holtz , also known as Hyman "Little Hymie" Holtz, was a New York labor racketeer who began working as a labor slugger for Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen during the early 1920s....	No image available	1896–1939	1920s-1930s	New York labor racketeer associated with Jacob Orgen Jacob Orgen Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen was a New York gangster involved in bootlegging and labor racketeering during Prohibition.-Biography:... and a later protege of Louis Buchalter.
Harry Horowitz aka Gyp the Blood Harry Horowitz Harry Horowitz , also known as Gyp the Blood, was a Jewish-American underworld figure and a leader of the Lenox Avenue Gang in New York City.-Biography:...		1889–1914	1900s-1910s	Leader of the Lenox Avenue Gang Lenox Avenue Gang The Lenox Avenue Gang was an early 20th century New York City street gang led by Harry Horowitz, and was one of the most violent gangs of the pre-Prohibition era.-History:... .
"Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan Nathan Kaplan "Kid Dropper" Nathan Caplin or Kaplan , also known as Jack the Dropper, was an American gangster controlling labor racketeering and extortion in New York City during the post-World War I period into the early years of Prohibition in the early 1920s.-Biography:One of seven children, Kaplan was born...	No image available	1895–1923	1910s-1920s	A former member of the Five Points Gang Five Points Gang Five Points Gang was a 19th-century and early 20th-century criminal organization, primarily of Italian-American origins, based in the Sixth Ward of Manhattan, New York City. Since the early 19th century, the area was first known for gangs of Irish immigrants... , he and Johnny Spanish Johnny Spanish Johnny Spanish was an American gangster who was a rival of former partner "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan during a garment workers' strike which later become known as the Second Labor Sluggers War in 1919... fought over control of labor racketeering during the labor slugger war Labor Slugger War The Labor Sluggers War was a 15-year period of gang wars among New York labor sluggers for control of labor racketeering from 1911 to 1927. This began in 1911 with the first war between "Dopey" Benny Fein and Joe "The Greaser" Rosenzweig against a coalition of smaller gangs and continuing on and... .
Phillip Kastel Phillip Kastel Phillip "Dandy Phil" Kastel was a Jewish-American mobster, gambler, and longtime associate of the Genovese crime family.-Early life:...	No image available	1893–1962	1900s-1950s	New York gambler associated with Arnold Rothstein Arnold Rothstein Arnold Rothstein , nicknamed "The Brain", was a New York businessman and gambler who became a famous kingpin of the Jewish mafia. Rothstein was also widely reputed to have been behind baseball's Black Sox Scandal, in which the 1919 World Series was fixed... and Frank Costello Frank Costello Frank Costello was an Italian New York City gangster who rose to the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States and enjoyed political influence.Nicknamed the "Prime Minister of the Underworld", he became one of the most powerful and influential Mafia... . He later ran gambling operations for the Genovese crime family Genovese crime family The Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime... in New Orleans.
Andrei Katz Andrei Katz Andrei Katz was a Romanian-Jewish immigrant living in New York City in the 1970s, where through auto theft and drug dealing he became involved with a group of criminals associated with the Gambino crime family known as the DeMeo crew. After he agreed to cooperate with law enforcement against the...	No image available	1952-1975	1960s-1970s	Romanian-born mobster associated with the Gambino crime family Gambino crime family The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963... . Killed by the DeMeo crew Roy DeMeo Roy Albert DeMeo was a soldier in the Gambino crime family. He is infamous for heading the DeMeo crew, a gang suspected by the FBI of murdering at least 70 people between 1973 and 1983. The vast majority were disposed of so thoroughly that they were never found... in 1975 after agreeing to become a government informant.
Jacob Katzenberg Jacob Katzenberg Jacob "Yasha" Katzenberg was an organized crime figure in New York, who supplied narcotics to mobsters including Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Waxey Gordon, Charles "King" Solomon, Harry "Nig" Rosen, the Torrio–Capone organization as well as mobsters in Detroit, Kansas City and St...	No image available	1888-?	1920s-1930s	New York organized crime figure who supplied narcotics to mobsters throughout the United States during the 1920s and 30s.
Irving Kaye	No image available	?-1977	1950s-1970s	New York crew member of Longy Zwillman and coin-op business partner of Gerardo Catena.
Harry Keywell Harry Keywell Harry Keywell, , was a convicted member of Detroit's infamous Purple Gang, which terrorized the city of Detroit during Prohibition. Chicago Police questioned him about the infamous St...	No image available	1910-1997	1920s-1930s	Detroit mobster and member of the Purple Gang Purple Gang Purple Gang can refer to:The Purple Gang, Jewish American bootleggers and hijackers in the 1920sThe Purple Gang , British rock band active intermittently since the 1960s*East Harlem Purple Gang, Italian American gang of drug dealers and hitmen... . A suspect in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre St. Valentine's Day massacre The Saint Valentine's Day massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder of 7 mob associates as part of a prohibition era conflict between two powerful criminal gangs in Chicago: the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran. Former members of the... and later convicted of Collingwood Manor Massacre in 1931.
Philip Kovolick Philip Kovolick Philip "Little Farvel" Kovolick [Kovalick] was a New York mobster and, a longtime associate of labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, he was a later member of Murder Inc...	No image available	1908-1971	1920s-1970s	New York mobster associated with labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalter during the 1920s and 30s. He was a member of Murder Inc. until his conviction on narcotics charges in 1941.
Whitey Krakow Whitey Krakow Whitey Krakow or Krakower was a New York mobster who, during the 1930s, served as a hitman for Murder, Inc. He was later suspected in the 1939 gangland slaying of Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg with Frankie Carbo and brother-in-law Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel. Implicated by fellow Murder Inc...	No image available	d. 1941	1920s-1930s	Hitman and member of Murder Incorporated. He was a suspect in the 1939 gangland slaying of Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg Harry Greenberg Harry Schachter or Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg was an associate and childhood friend of Bugsy Siegel, and an employee of both Charlie "Lucky" Luciano and Meyer Lansky. On November 22, 1939, Greenberg was murdered by Bugsy Siegel and his brother-in-law, Whitey Krakower... .
Louis Kravits Louis Kravits Lou Kravitz was a New York labor racketeer during the early 1930's.On July 12, 1929, Kravitz, along with Louis Buchalter, Jacob Shapiro and two other gangsters, broke into the M. L. Rosenblatt clothing plant and wrecked $25,000 worth of machinery...	No image available	fl. Floruit Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active... 1933-1939	1930s	New York labor racketeer and drug trafficker involved in a major heroin operation with Jack Lvovsky and Yasha Katzenberg during the early 1930s. Later testified against Lepke Buchalter at his trial.
Martin Krugman	No image available	1919–1979	1970s	Bookmaker and associate of the Lucchese crime family Lucchese crime family The Lucchese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano "Tommy" Reina serving as boss up until his murder... during the 1970s. Disappeared and presumably killed following the Lufthansa heist Lufthansa heist The Lufthansa heist was a robbery at John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 11, 1978. An estimated $5 million in cash and $875,000 in jewels were stolen, at the time making it the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil... in 1978.
Hyman Lamer Hyman Lamer Hyman "Hy" Lamer was a Jewish mobster and a close associate of Sam Giancana. In the newspapers he was known as the "The Ivy League Mobster"....	No image available	fl. 1959-1974	1950s-1970s	A close associate of Sam Giancana Sam Giancana Salvatore Giancana , better known as Sam Giancana, was a Sicilian-American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-1966... , he headed gambling and smuggling operations for the Chicago Outfit Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob and sometimes shortened to simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA... during the 1960s and 70s.
Abe Landau Abraham Landau Abraham "Abe" Landau was the chief henchman for New York gangster Dutch Schultz. Landau was Schultz's most trusted employee, often given tasks that required coolness and cunning rather than gunfire and brutality...	No image available	1898–1935	1920s-1930s	Lieutenant of New York mobster Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz was a New York City-area Jewish American gangster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crime-related activities such as bootlegging alcohol and the numbers racket... .
Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky , known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a Polish-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States...		1902–1983	1910s-1970s	One of the major underworld figures of the 20th century. He was involved in the formation of the National Crime Syndicate National Crime Syndicate The National Crime Syndicate was the name given by the press to a loosely-organized multi-ethnic organized crime syndicate. Its origins are uncertain.... and helped organize syndicate gambling operations in Cuba and Las Vegas.
Samuel "Red" Levine		1903-1972	1920s-1930s	Hitman and member of Murder Incorporated. Involved in the 1931 murders of Abraham "Bo" Weinberg, Joe Masseria Joe Masseria Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria was an early Mafia don in the United States. He was boss of what is now called the Genovese crime family, one of the New York Mafia's Five Families, from 1922 to 1931.-Early days:... and Salvatore Maranzano Salvatore Maranzano Salvatore Maranzano was an organized crime figure from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss in the United States. He instigated the Castellammarese War to seize control of the American Mafia operations, and briefly became the Mafia's "Boss of Bosses"... .
Spanish Louie Spanish Louie John Lewis , better known by his alias Indian or Spanish Louie , was an American criminal and member of the Humpty Jackson Gang, serving as the gang leader's longtime lieutenant from around the turn of the century until his murder in either 1900 or 1910...	No image available	d. 1910	1900s	Gunman/stick up artist at turn of century.	Wikipedia article
Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis Vach Lewis Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis was an early New York gangster and member of the Eastman Gang under Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach.-Biography:...	No image available	d. 1908	1900s	A former circus strongman and bodyguard of New York gang leader Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach Max Zwerbach Max "Kid Twist" Zweifach occasionally referred to as Zwerbach was an American gangster who, during the turn of the century, belonged to the Eastman Gang and later succeeded the New York gang leader following his arrest in 1904.-Biography:Born Maxwell Zweifach in Austria on March 14, 1884, to... . He and Zwerbach were gunned down by Louie the Lump Louis Pioggi Louis "Louie the Lump" Pioggi was a New York criminal and member of the Five Points Gang, known most prominently for the murder of Eastman Gang leader Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach and Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis... at Coney Island in 1908.
Joseph Linsey Joseph Linsey Joseph Linsey was an organized crime figure in Boston's underworld during Prohibition, associated with Joseph Kennedy and Meyer Lansky, and later became a prominent businessman and philanthropist, specifically his contributions to Brandeis University.-Biography:Born in Russia, he immigrated to...	No image available	1899-1994	1920s-1970s	Lieutenant of Boston mobster Charles Solomon during Prohibition. After Solomon's death in 1933, he and other associates split Solomon's territory between themselves.
William Lipshitz	No image available		1910s-1920s	Newsboy turned gangster, he murdered labor racketeer Benjamin Levinsky Benjamin Levinsky Benjamin Levinsky was an American gang leader, labor racketeer and organized crime figure. Spending almost twenty years in and out of reformatories and prisons, Levinsky had a lengthy criminal record prior to the start of Prohibition. He was first arrested in 1902 for incorrigibility and sent to a... on behalf of Nathan Kaplan Nathan Kaplan "Kid Dropper" Nathan Caplin or Kaplan , also known as Jack the Dropper, was an American gangster controlling labor racketeering and extortion in New York City during the post-World War I period into the early years of Prohibition in the early 1920s.-Biography:One of seven children, Kaplan was born... in 1922.
Seymour Magoon Seymour Magoon Seymour "Blue Jaw" Magoon was an American hitman in New York's Murder Inc gang, one of many members who were implicated by the testimony of former member and government informant Abe "Kid Twist" Reles....	No image available	d. 1940	1920s-1930s	Hitman and member of Murder Incorporated. Later became a state witness and corroborated Reles' testimony.
Harry Maione Harry Maione Harry "Happy" Maione was a New York mobster who served as a hitman for Murder, Inc. during the 1930s...	No image available	1908–1942	1920s-1930s	Hitman and member of Murder Incorporated. Participated in the murders of the Shapiro Brothers Shapiro Brothers Meyer , Irving and William "Willie" Shapiro , collectively known as the Shapiro Brothers were the leaders of a group of Jewish-American mobsters from New York City and based in Williamsburg... and George Rudnick.
Hyman "Pittsburgh Hymie" Martin Hyman Martin Hyman "Pittsburgh Hymie" Martin was a Pittsburgh mobster and a close associate of Moe Davis and Lou Rothkopf. He was seen with Davis and Rothkopf hours before the murder of Cleveland city councilman William E. Potter on February 3, 1931...	No image available	1903–1987	1920s-1930s	Pittsburgh mobster associated with Moe Davis and Lou Rothkopf. Acquitted for the 1931 murder of Cleveland city councilman William E. Potter.
Samuel "Nails" Morton Samuel Morton Samuel J. "Nails" Morton was a high ranking member of Dean O'Banion's Northside gang.-Early life:As a young man in the West Side Chicago, Morton won the admiration of the Jewish community for allegedly creating a self-defense society against Anti-Semites...	No image available	1894–1923	1910s-1920s	A former WWI war hero, Weiss was among Dion O'Bannion's top enforcers in the North Side Gang North Side Gang The North Side family Gang, also known as the North Side Mob, was the dominant Irish-American criminal organization within Chicago during the Prohibition era from the early to late 1920s and principal rival of the Johnny Torrio-Al Capone organization, later known as the Chicago Outfit.- Early... during the early 1920s.
Boris Nayfeld Boris Nayfeld Boris Nayfeld, alias Biba, was a Belarusian mob boss and heroin trafficker, who operated out of Brighton Beach, New York City.- Arrival to America and rise to power :...	No image available		1970s-1990s	Russian-born mobster and heroin smuggler in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn during the 1970s and 80s. He and Monya Elson later waged a gang war over Brighton Beach.
Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen Jacob Orgen Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen was a New York gangster involved in bootlegging and labor racketeering during Prohibition.-Biography:...	No image available	1901–1927	1900s-1920s	New York gangster involved in bootlegging and labor racketeering during Prohibition. He took control of the garment district from Nathan Kaplan Nathan Kaplan "Kid Dropper" Nathan Caplin or Kaplan , also known as Jack the Dropper, was an American gangster controlling labor racketeering and extortion in New York City during the post-World War I period into the early years of Prohibition in the early 1920s.-Biography:One of seven children, Kaplan was born... at the end of the end of the third labor sluggers war. Killed by his former associates Lepke Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro in 1927.
Philip "Pinchy" Paul Philip Paul Philip "Pinchy" Paul was an early New York labor racketeer who led an alliance of independent labor sluggers in an attempt to break the monopoly long held by Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenweig and Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein resulting the first labor sluggers war...	No image available	d. 1914	1900s-1910s	New York labor racketeer who headed a coalition of independent gangs against Joseph Rosenzweig Joseph Rosenzweig Joseph "Joe The Greaser" Rosenzweig was a Jewish American and New York labor racketeer in the early 1900s as an ally of "Dopey" Benny Fein during the labor slugger war from 1914-1917.-Biography:... and Benjamin Fein during the first labor sluggers war.
Leonard Patrick Leonard Patrick Leonard "Lenny" Patrick was an American mobster, a member of the Chicago Outfit involved in bookmaking and extortion and later a government informant.Emigrating with his family from England...	No image available	1913-2006	1920s-1990s	One-time member of the Chicago Outfit Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob and sometimes shortened to simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA... involved in bookmaking and extortion with Gus Alex Gus Alex Gus Alex was a Greek-American mobster and high ranking member of the Chicago Outfit, who succeeded Jake Guzik as the Syndicate's main political "fixer".-Early life:... . Agreed to become a government witness in 1992.
Joseph Reinfeld	No image available			Early, major bootlegger in the northeast US; Established connections with the Bronfmans in Canada and brought Longy Zwillman into the bootlegging empire that Zwillman eventually took over. After Prohibition, went legitimate, establishing the largest wholesale liquor distributorship in NJ.
Abe "Kid Twist" Reles Abe Reles Abe "Kid Twist" Reles was a New York mobster who was widely considered the most feared hit man for Murder, Inc., the enforcement contractor for the National Crime Syndicate. Reles later turned government witness and sent several members of Murder, Inc...	No image available	1906–1941	1921-1940	One of the most feared hitmen of Murder Incorporated during the 1930s, he later became a government witness and was responsible for sending many of his former partners to the electric chair. Died under suspicious circumstances while in protective custody in 1941.
Harry Rosen Harry Rosen (mobster) Harry "Nig" Rosen was a Philadelphia mobster who was a major organized crime figure on the east coast with influence as far as Atlantic City, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.-Biography:...	No image available		1920s-1950s	Major bootlegger in Philadelphia during Prohibition. He was a member of the Big Seven Seven Group The Combined or Big Seven Group, was a criminal organization headed by organized crime figures on the east coast during Prohibition serving as the predecessor to the alleged National Crime Syndicate of the 1930s... and later involved in drug trafficking with Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky , known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a Polish-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States... during the 1930s.
Chris Rosenberg Chris Rosenberg Harvey "Chris" Rosenberg was a Jewish-American member of the DeMeo crew run by Gambino crime family soldier Roy DeMeo. The gang is suspected of between 75–200 murders in the mid 1970s to the early 1980s...	No image available	1950–1979	1970s	A member of the Gambino crime family Gambino crime family The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963... 's DeMeo crew Roy DeMeo Roy Albert DeMeo was a soldier in the Gambino crime family. He is infamous for heading the DeMeo crew, a gang suspected by the FBI of murdering at least 70 people between 1973 and 1983. The vast majority were disposed of so thoroughly that they were never found... during the 1970s. He was later killed by DeMeo to cover up the murder of Colombian drug cartel members.
Bernard Rosencrantz Bernard Rosencrantz Bernard "Lulu" Rosenkrantz was a New York mobster and a member of Dutch Schultz's organization who was shot at the Palace Chophouse in Newark, New Jersey on October 23, 1935.-External links:*...	No image available	1902-1935	1920s-1930s	Bodyguard and chauffeur of New York mobster Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz was a New York City-area Jewish American gangster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crime-related activities such as bootlegging alcohol and the numbers racket... .
Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal Frank Rosenthal Frank Lawrence "Lefty" Rosenthal was a professional sports bettor, former Las Vegas casino executive and organized crime associate. The film Casino is loosely based on his life.-Early years:...		1929-2008	1960s-1980s	One of the top sports handicappers in the United States during his lifetime. Secretly ran several syndicate casinos for the Chicago Outfit Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob and sometimes shortened to simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA... , most notably the Stardust Stardust Resort & Casino The Stardust Resort & Casino was a casino resort located on along the Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada.The Stardust opened in 1958, although most of the modern casino complex was built in 1991. At its March 13, 2007 demolition it was the youngest undamaged high-rise building to ever be... , throughout the 1960s and 70s.
Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenzweig Joseph Rosenzweig Joseph "Joe The Greaser" Rosenzweig was a Jewish American and New York labor racketeer in the early 1900s as an ally of "Dopey" Benny Fein during the labor slugger war from 1914-1917.-Biography:...	No image available	1891-?	1910s	New York labor racketeer allied with "Dopey" Benny Fein Benny Fein Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein was an early Jewish American gangster who dominated New York labor racketeering in the 1910s. With a criminal record dating back to 1900, Fein's arrest record included thirty charges from petty theft and assault to grand larceny and murder... during the first labor slugger war.
Lou Rothkopf	No image available		1920s-1930s	Longtime associate of Meyer Lansky, he was a member of the Bug and Meyer Mob during Prohibition. Later ran syndicate gambling operations in Cleveland with Moe Dalitz Moe Dalitz Morris Barney "Moe" Dalitz was a Jewish American bootlegger, racketeer, casino owner and philanthropist who was one of the major figures who helped shape Las Vegas, Nevada in the 20th century. He was often referred to as Mr... , Jack Licavoli, Maurice Kleinman and Thomas Jefferson McGinty Thomas Jefferson McGinty Thomas Joseph McGinty was an early Cleveland mobster, one of the city's largest bootleggers during the Prohibition, as well as a longtime boxing promoter.... .
Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein Arnold Rothstein Arnold Rothstein , nicknamed "The Brain", was a New York businessman and gambler who became a famous kingpin of the Jewish mafia. Rothstein was also widely reputed to have been behind baseball's Black Sox Scandal, in which the 1919 World Series was fixed...	No image available	1882–1928	1900s-1920s	One of the first major underworld figures in New York during the early 20th century. Widely reputed to have been behind the Black Sox scandal of 1919 Black Sox Scandal The Black Sox Scandal took place around and during the play of the American baseball 1919 World Series. Eight members of the Chicago White Sox were banned for life from baseball for intentionally losing games, which allowed the Cincinnati Reds to win the World Series... .
Morris Rudensky Morris Rudensky Morris "Red" Rudensky was an American prohibition-era gangster, prominent cat burglar and safe-cracker...	No image available	1898-1988	1920s	Prominent cat burglar and safe-cracker
Harry "Doc Jasper" Sagansky Harry Sagansky Harry J. "Doc" Sagansky was a Jewish organized crime figure in Boston who controlled one of city's largest bookmaking operations during the 1950s...	No image available	1898–1997	1920s-1990s	Ran one of the largest bookmaking operations in Boston during the 1950s. At the time of his imprisonment in 1988, at age 91, he was the oldest organized crime figure to serve a federal prison sentence.
Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz was a New York City-area Jewish American gangster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crime-related activities such as bootlegging alcohol and the numbers racket...	No image available	1902–1935	1910s-1930s	Headed bootlegging and policy rackets in New York during the 1920s and 30s.
Moe Sedway Moe Sedway Moe Sedway was the faithful lieutenant of organized crime czar Meyer Lansky. Sedway had his own police record dating as far back as the early 1920s in New York. He began making trips to Las Vegas on Lansky's behalf in the early 1930s to franchise the syndicate's Trans-America race wire service...	No image available	1894–1952	1920s-1950s	Lieutenant of New York mobster Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky , known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a Polish-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States... . Later involved in running syndicate casinos in Las Vegas during the 1940s and 50s.
Irving, Meyer and William Shapiro Shapiro Brothers Meyer , Irving and William "Willie" Shapiro , collectively known as the Shapiro Brothers were the leaders of a group of Jewish-American mobsters from New York City and based in Williamsburg...	No image available	1904–1931 (Irving) 1908–1931 (Meyer) 1911-1934 (William)	1920s-1930s	Rivals of Louis Buchalter Louis Buchalter Louis "Lepke" Buchalter was a Jewish American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. After Dutch Schultz' request of the Mafia Commission for permission to kill his enemy, U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey, the Commission decided to kill Schultz in order to prevent the hit... and Jacob Shapiro Jacob Shapiro Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro was a New York mobster who, with his partner Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for two decades and established the Murder, Inc. organization.-Early years:... during the late 1920s and 1930s. Irving and Meyer Shapiro were killed after initiating a gang war with Buchalter and Shapiro in 1931. William Shapiro was eventually murdered by Murder Inc. in 1934.
Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro Jacob Shapiro Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro was a New York mobster who, with his partner Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for two decades and established the Murder, Inc. organization.-Early years:...		1899-1947	1910s-1940s	He and Louis Buchalter Louis Buchalter Louis "Lepke" Buchalter was a Jewish American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. After Dutch Schultz' request of the Mafia Commission for permission to kill his enemy, U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey, the Commission decided to kill Schultz in order to prevent the hit... controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York during the 1920s and 30s. Shapiro also helped establish Murder Incorporated. Died in prison in 1947.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel Bugsy Siegel Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was an American gangster who was involved with the Genovese crime family...		1906–1947	1910s-1940s	New York mobster associated with Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky , known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a Polish-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States... , Frank Costello Frank Costello Frank Costello was an Italian New York City gangster who rose to the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States and enjoyed political influence.Nicknamed the "Prime Minister of the Underworld", he became one of the most powerful and influential Mafia... and Charles "Lucky" Luciano during Prohibition. Credited for the creation of syndicate casinos in Las Vegas during the 1940s.
Charles "King" Solomon	No image available	1884-1933	1900s-1930s	He and Irish gangster Dan Carroll controlled bootlegging, narcotics and illegal gambling in Boston during Prohibition. Killed at the Cotton Club Cotton Club The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem, New York City that operated during Prohibition that included jazz music. While the club featured many of the greatest African American entertainers of the era, such as Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, Count Basie, Bessie Smith,... by rival mobsters in 1933.
Johnny Spanish Johnny Spanish Johnny Spanish was an American gangster who was a rival of former partner "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan during a garment workers' strike which later become known as the Second Labor Sluggers War in 1919...	No image available	1891–1919	1900s-1910s	A former member of the Five Points Gang Five Points Gang Five Points Gang was a 19th-century and early 20th-century criminal organization, primarily of Italian-American origins, based in the Sixth Ward of Manhattan, New York City. Since the early 19th century, the area was first known for gangs of Irish immigrants... , he and "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan Nathan Kaplan "Kid Dropper" Nathan Caplin or Kaplan , also known as Jack the Dropper, was an American gangster controlling labor racketeering and extortion in New York City during the post-World War I period into the early years of Prohibition in the early 1920s.-Biography:One of seven children, Kaplan was born... battled over New York's garment district during the Second Labor Sluggers War.
Joseph "Doc" Stacher Joseph Stacher Joseph "Doc" Stacher was a Jewish syndicate leader who helped bring together the Jewish and Italian Mafia into a national organized crime syndicate....	No image available	1902–1977	1920s-1960s	An associate of Abner Zwillman Abner Zwillman Abner "Longie" Zwillman , known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey," was an early Prohibition gangster, founding member of the "Big Seven" Ruling Commission and a member of the National Crime Syndicate, who was also associated with Murder Incorporated.-Biography:According to the Social Security Death... and Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky , known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a Polish-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States... . Assisted Lansky in organizing the Atlantic City Conference Atlantic City Conference The Atlantic City Conference held in 1929 was a historic summit of leaders of organized crime in the United States. It is considered by most crime historians to be the earliest organized crime summit held in the US... and later in financing syndicate casinos in Las Vegas. Deported from the US in 1964 and later emigrated to Israel where he died years later.
Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss Harry Strauss Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss was a prolific contract killer for Murder, Inc. in the 1930s. He killed over thirty men using a variety of methods; shooting, stabbing with ice picks, drowning, live burial and strangling rope. Strauss never carried a weapon unless he was about to make a hit.Most...	No image available	1909–1941	1927-1941	Hitman and member of Murder Inc. credited with the murder of Irving Feinstein Irving Feinstein Irving "Puggy" Feinstein was a New York mobster involved in illegal gambling labor racketeering with Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Puggy had made the mistake of attempting to move into turf which was not his own. He was later murdered by several members of Murder Inc... and at least five other gangland slayings. Sent to the electric chair Electric chair Execution by electrocution, usually performed using an electric chair, is an execution method originating in the United States in which the condemned person is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body... at Sing Sing Sing Sing Sing Sing Correctional Facility is a maximum security prison operated by the New York State Department of Correctional Services in the town of Ossining, New York... in 1941.
Albert "Tick–tock" Tannenbaum Albert Tannenbaum Albert Tannenbaum , nicknamed Allie or Tick-Tock, was a Jewish-American hitman for Murder, Inc., the enforcement arm of the National Crime Syndicate, during the 1930s....	No image available	1906-1976	1920s-1950s	Enforcer and hitman for Lepke Buchalter during the 1920s and 30s. A member of Murder Inc., he was responsible for the 1939 murder of Harry Greenberg Harry Greenberg Harry Schachter or Harry "Big Greenie" Greenberg was an associate and childhood friend of Bugsy Siegel, and an employee of both Charlie "Lucky" Luciano and Meyer Lansky. On November 22, 1939, Greenberg was murdered by Bugsy Siegel and his brother-in-law, Whitey Krakower... .
Benjamin Tannenbaum Benjamin Tannenbaum Benjamin "Benny the Boss" Tannenbaum was a New York mobster involved in narcotics and the fur rackets as well as a mob accountant for labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro...	No image available	1906–1941	1920s-1930s	Mob accountant for New York labor racketeers Louis Buchalter Louis Buchalter Louis "Lepke" Buchalter was a Jewish American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. After Dutch Schultz' request of the Mafia Commission for permission to kill his enemy, U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey, the Commission decided to kill Schultz in order to prevent the hit... and Jacob Shapiro Jacob Shapiro Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro was a New York mobster who, with his partner Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, controlled industrial labor racketeering in New York for two decades and established the Murder, Inc. organization.-Early years:... during the 1920s and 30s. Murdered by members of Murder Inc. in 1941 while babysitting for a friend.
Abraham Telvi Abraham Telvi Abraham Telvi was a Jewish-American mobster and hitman for New York labor racketeer Johnny Dio, known most notably for blinding crusading New York journalist Victor Riesel with acid.-Biography:...	No image available	1934–1956	1950s	Hitman for New York labor racketeer Johnny Dio. Responsible for blinding crusading New York journalist Victor Riesel with acid in 1956.
Harry Tietlebaum Harry Tietlebaum Harry Tietlebaum or Teitelbaum was an American organized crime figure in New York's underworld during Prohibition as was associated of the Bug and Meyer Mob. He was later part of a major heroin smuggling operation with Meyer Lansky and Harry "Nig" Rosen during the early 1930s.-Further...	No image available	1889-?	1920s-1930s	An associate of the Bug and Meyer Mob during Prohibition. Later part of a major heroin smuggling operation with Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky , known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a Polish-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States... and Harry "Nig" Rosen Harry Rosen Harry Rosen, CM is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the Canadian luxury men's wear store Harry Rosen Inc.-Early life:Born and raised in Toronto, Rosen lived for a short time in Callander, Ontario. As a teenager he found a job at a tailoring factory for men's clothes... during the early 1930s.
Joseph Toplinsky Joseph Toplinsky Joseph "Yosky" Toblinsky , better known as "Yesky Nigger", was a New York City racketeer who, as head of an independent gang on East Side Manhattan, was involved in extortion and poisoning horses with the Yiddish Black Hand during the early 1900s...	No image available	1879-?	1900s-1930s	He, along with Jacob Levinsky and Charles Vitoffsky, led a criminal organization in New York's Lower East Side known as the Yiddish Black Hand Yiddish Black Hand The Yiddish Black Hand or the Jewish Black Hand Association was a criminal organization that operated on New York's Lower East Side during the early 20th century, led by Jacob "Johnny" Levinsky... at the turn of the century.
Abraham Weinberg Abraham Weinberg Abraham "Bo" Weinberg was a Russian-born, Jewish New York City mobster who became a hitman and chief lieutenant for the Prohibition-era gang boss Dutch Schultz. As Schultz expanded his bootlegging operations into Manhattan during Prohibition, he recruited Abe Weinberg and his brother George into...		1897–1935?	1920s-1930s	Hitman and chief lieutenant for New York mobster Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz was a New York City-area Jewish American gangster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crime-related activities such as bootlegging alcohol and the numbers racket... during Prohibition. Disappeared in 1935 and long presumed to have been killed by the mob.
George Weinberg George Weinberg (mobster) George Weinberg was a New York mobster and, with brother Abraham Weinberg, an associate of Dutch Schultz as a mob accountant during the 1920s and 30s...	No image available	1901–1939	1920s-1930s	Younger brother of Schultz' gunman Abraham Weinberg Abraham Weinberg Abraham "Bo" Weinberg was a Russian-born, Jewish New York City mobster who became a hitman and chief lieutenant for the Prohibition-era gang boss Dutch Schultz. As Schultz expanded his bootlegging operations into Manhattan during Prohibition, he recruited Abe Weinberg and his brother George into... . After his brother's disappearance in 1935, he agreed to become a government witness but committed suicide while in police custody in 1939.
Emanuel Weiss Emanuel Weiss Emanuel "Mendy" Weiss was a New York organized crime figure who was involved in drug trafficking and worked for the criminal organization known as Murder, Inc. during the 1930s and up to the time of his arrest in 1941...		1906–1944	1920s-1930s	An enforcer for New York labor racketeer Louis "Lepke" Buchalter Louis Buchalter Louis "Lepke" Buchalter was a Jewish American mobster and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc. during the 1930s. After Dutch Schultz' request of the Mafia Commission for permission to kill his enemy, U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey, the Commission decided to kill Schultz in order to prevent the hit... during the 1920s. He was also a member of Murder Inc. up until his arrest in 1940.
Samuel Weiss Samuel Weiss (mobster) Samuel "Sammy" Weiss was a New York mobster and an associate of labor racketeer Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen. Employed as a gunman for Orgen and the "Little Augies", he took part in the gang war against Nathan Kaplan during the early 1920s...	No image available	1904-?	1920s-1930s	Hired gunman associated with New York labor racketeer Jacob Orgen Jacob Orgen Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen was a New York gangster involved in bootlegging and labor racketeering during Prohibition.-Biography:... during the third Labor Slugger War. Investigated for extortion by District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey during the late-1930s.
Jack "Big Jack" Zelig Jack Zelig "Big" Jack Zelig was a Jewish American New York City gangster and one of the last leaders of the Monk Eastman Gang.-Early years & the Eastmans:...		1882–1912	1890s-1910s	Turn of the century gangster and one-time leader of the Eastman Gang Eastman Gang The Eastman Gang was the last of New York's street gangs which dominated the city's underworld during the late 1890s until early 1910s. Along with the Five Points Gang under Paul Kelly, the Eastmans succeeded the long dominant Whyos as the first non-Irish street gang to gain prominence in the... . Killed by Phil Davidson shortly before his testimony in the Charles Becker murder trial Charles Becker Charles Becker was a New York City police officer in the 1890s-1910s and who was tried, convicted and executed for ordering the murder of a Manhattan gambler, Herman Rosenthal in the Becker-Rosenthal trial. Becker was the first American police officer to receive the death penalty for murder... in 1912.
Jack Zuta Jack Zuta John U. "Jack" Zuta was an accountant and political "fixer" for the Chicago Outfit.-Early life:Zuta was born on February 18, 1888, to a Polish-Jewish peasant family in Russian Empire. He immigrated to the United States around 1913...		1888–1930	1910s-1920s	Mob accountant and political "fixer" for the Chicago Outfit Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob and sometimes shortened to simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA... during Prohibition.
Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach Max Zwerbach Max "Kid Twist" Zweifach occasionally referred to as Zwerbach was an American gangster who, during the turn of the century, belonged to the Eastman Gang and later succeeded the New York gang leader following his arrest in 1904.-Biography:Born Maxwell Zweifach in Austria on March 14, 1884, to...		d. 1908	1890s-1900s	New York gangster and head of the Eastman Gang Eastman Gang The Eastman Gang was the last of New York's street gangs which dominated the city's underworld during the late 1890s until early 1910s. Along with the Five Points Gang under Paul Kelly, the Eastmans succeeded the long dominant Whyos as the first non-Irish street gang to gain prominence in the... after the arrest of Monk Eastman Monk Eastman Edward "Monk" Eastman was a New York City Gangster who founded and led one of the most powerful street gangs in New York City at the turn of the Twentieth Century, the Eastman Gang. His other aliases included Joseph "Joe" Morris, Joe Marvin, William "Bill" Delaney, and Edward "Eddie" Delaney... in 1904. Engaging in a feud with the Five Points Gang Five Points Gang Five Points Gang was a 19th-century and early 20th-century criminal organization, primarily of Italian-American origins, based in the Sixth Ward of Manhattan, New York City. Since the early 19th century, the area was first known for gangs of Irish immigrants... , he and his bodyguard were gunned down by Louie the Lump Louis Pioggi Louis "Louie the Lump" Pioggi was a New York criminal and member of the Five Points Gang, known most prominently for the murder of Eastman Gang leader Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach and Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis... at Coney Island in 1908.
Abner "Longy" Zwillman Abner Zwillman Abner "Longie" Zwillman , known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey," was an early Prohibition gangster, founding member of the "Big Seven" Ruling Commission and a member of the National Crime Syndicate, who was also associated with Murder Incorporated.-Biography:According to the Social Security Death...	No image available	1891–1959	1910s-1950s	Prohibition gangster. Popularly known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey", he was a founding member of the "Big Seven" Ruling Commission Seven Group The Combined or Big Seven Group, was a criminal organization headed by organized crime figures on the east coast during Prohibition serving as the predecessor to the alleged National Crime Syndicate of the 1930s... . He was also associated with Murder Inc.

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