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No other New York gangster in the twentieth century matched the capabilities of the sinister, crafty, powerful, and secretive Charles “Lucky” . Who with the help of his closest friends and allies, even enemies, established the National Crime Syndicate in the ....

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.... ’s presence demanded respect from everyone and aided in the creation of the American Mafia, a malignant but far-reaching underworld force that, to this day, continues to flourish (Nash 251). Born to the name Salvatore Luciana on November 24, 1897 in Lercardia Friddi, Sicily, the third child in the Luciana family, little Charles had a penchant for hanging around older kids that contributed to his mischievous behavior. The Lucianas set out for a better life in the great land of America in 1906, where they soon found it to be not so great. He logged his first arrest just a few months after his arrival for shoplifting in 1907, and started his fir ....