Elias Martinez
Jenna De La Cruz
February 16 2017
The most powerful mobsters of the 1920’s
When we think of tailored suits, cigars, fedoras, and tommy guns, the first thing that tends to come to mind are the powerful and notorious mobsters of the 1920’s. Who held the title to be the most notorious and powerful of all mobsters during that time period is highly debatable to some, but clear to others that Charles “lucky” Luciano's early life of mugging, shoplifting, and extortion had prepared him for his long life of criminal activity that was in store for him. From grade school fights to ordering hits on the most deadliest men of the century to earn a bigger reputation, Luciano was always willing to do anything to get what he wanted and what separated him from others is that he was a “self-made” man. Growing up as a poor italian immigrant, Luciano always had the “There’s no such thing as good money or bad money. There’s just money.” kind of mindset in him. It's that exact mindset Luciano had that led him to be one of the most respected and accomplished mobsters of his time. By the time Luciano's reign had toned down, he had already earned the title of capo di tutti capi (“boss of all the bosses”). Luciano was always a big part of the …show more content…
Dewey to jump on the scene. This new entity soon started to close in on Luciano and took a year to gather enough evidence on him to prosecute Luciano. He was given a 30-50 year sentence for extortion and prosecution in Clinton Prison located in New York. Though Luciano was behind bars that didn't stop him from controlling his crime syndicate in and outside of prison. During his sentence there was reason to believe that there was insufficient evidence to fully prosecute Luciano due to his indirect way of doing
Jenna De La Cruz
February 16 2017
The most powerful mobsters of the 1920’s
When we think of tailored suits, cigars, fedoras, and tommy guns, the first thing that tends to come to mind are the powerful and notorious mobsters of the 1920’s. Who held the title to be the most notorious and powerful of all mobsters during that time period is highly debatable to some, but clear to others that Charles “lucky” Luciano's early life of mugging, shoplifting, and extortion had prepared him for his long life of criminal activity that was in store for him. From grade school fights to ordering hits on the most deadliest men of the century to earn a bigger reputation, Luciano was always willing to do anything to get what he wanted and what separated him from others is that he was a “self-made” man. Growing up as a poor italian immigrant, Luciano always had the “There’s no such thing as good money or bad money. There’s just money.” kind of mindset in him. It's that exact mindset Luciano had that led him to be one of the most respected and accomplished mobsters of his time. By the time Luciano's reign had toned down, he had already earned the title of capo di tutti capi (“boss of all the bosses”). Luciano was always a big part of the …show more content…
Dewey to jump on the scene. This new entity soon started to close in on Luciano and took a year to gather enough evidence on him to prosecute Luciano. He was given a 30-50 year sentence for extortion and prosecution in Clinton Prison located in New York. Though Luciano was behind bars that didn't stop him from controlling his crime syndicate in and outside of prison. During his sentence there was reason to believe that there was insufficient evidence to fully prosecute Luciano due to his indirect way of doing