How "Lucky" Luciano was better then Al Capone

By Justin Luna

Thesis

Charles "Lucky" Luciano is better then Al Capone. He took over New York,  he was smart, tactical, and powerful. He created organised crime.

Backstory

Luciano was born in Italy, moved to New York by 10. He dropped out of school by 18 and by 20 he was made friends with Meyer Lansky & Bugsy Siegel.

Meyer Lansky

Bugsy Siegel

He was Smart

During the Prohibition Luciano had dominated the east-cost illegal liquor trade, with Lansky & Siegel.

He was friends with Arnold Rothstein, who had bootlegging and gambling rackets all over New York.

An illegal speakeasy

He was Tactical

Luciano quickly rose to power eventually taking over the top spot of the Masseria family, after Marazano gave him the spot.

Marazano saw Luciano as a threat, but Luciano took him out before Marazano could act.

Salvatore Maranzano

He was Powerful

With his rival dead, Luciano wanted to change the way gangs did business. He soon became the head of the city's five families.

Eventually spreading out to Chicago's Al Capone, then leading a national crime syndicate. Where they shipped liquor, narcotics, and guns 

The syndicates's top Ranking

Work Cited Page

"Lucky Luciano." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television

History.com Staff. "Charles “Lucky” Luciano." History.com. A&E Television Networks.

History.com Staff. "Al Capone." History.com. A&E Television Networks

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