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The Five Families and How Organized Crime Became Organized

Everything Everywhere Daily

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The Rise of Organized Crime and the Birth of the Commission

This chapter explores the fierce competition between mafia bosses Giuseppe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano during Prohibition in New York City. It discusses the violent Castellamare War and the pivotal changes brought by Lucky Luciano, who founded the Commission to stabilize organized crime.

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