making of the mob
South Lake Tahoe resident part of AMC's "The Making of the Mob: Chicago"
Submitted by paula on Wed, 07/06/2016 - 8:21pmEvent Date:
July 11, 2016 - 9:00pm
He's been played in the movies by Ben Kingsley, Richard Dreyfuss, Patrick Dempsey, Dustin Hoffman, Anatol Yusef and Robert De Niro. In real life, he was the "Mob's Accountant" and a major 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. He developed a gambling empire that stretched across the world from Las Vegas to London and spent 50 years in the organized crime. Jay Z and Lil Kim have mentioned him in songs.
Who was he?
Meyer Lansky.