Lansky and the Bugs and Mayor Mob

Lansky became friends with another jewish boy called benjamin bogy seagel. The pair would go on to create the bugs and mayor mob, a very violent prohibition era gang. Lansky's move to the lower east side was also responsible for his close relationship with the italian charles lucky luciano who hould later become one of the most powerful figures of organized crime in america.

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