How did the poor boy Luciano become the founder of the American mafia and the godfather of the first generation?

The godfather, a Hollywood movie, set off a new trend of gangster movies and is still a classic among the classics. It is said that the prototype of The Godfather is based on a real gangster, and carlo gambino, the five gangster families in the film, also exists.

Why are there five gangs in new york? We should talk about this man, Luck Luciano.

I. Rise

Luciano is a legendary American gangster. He was born in Sicily and immigrated to the United States with his father and family at the age of 9. Because of his poor family, Luciano earned money by fighting, gambling and extortion from an early age. Slowly, he became famous and formed his own gang.

1920 after the prohibition in the United States, Luciano and his friends Vito genovese, Frank Castro, Meyer Lansky and Siegel were involved in this wave of illegal bootlegging business. It is estimated that Luciano's illegal income at that time exceeded120,000 dollars a year, and he used this part to bribe politicians and police to further expand his influence.

Luciano gradually eliminated all mafia bosses standing in front of him and became the strongest boss in new york. When he became the boss, he decided to start reorganizing the American mafia. Before Luciano, there were various criminal organizations of different races in the United States, such as Scotland, Ireland and Italy, but these organizations were not standardized and their structures were loose. So Luciano referred to the family tradition of the Italian Mafia and established a well-defined family organization:

Boss: the highest person in charge of the family, addressed as your little boss: the second highest person in charge of the family, consultant: the family's legal adviser.

Leader: the leader of the branch. Soldier: a grass-roots member who contacts peripheral partners or performs tasks. Second, the Mafia Committee.

Unlike the Italian mafia, the American mafia has no ultimate boss. Al, the famous gangster? Capone once suggested to him that, according to the practice of Italian mafia, he should be called the eldest of the eldest.

Luciano rejected Capone's proposal and told him that times have changed. In the future, all bosses are equal, and no one is anyone's boss. Luciano thinks that the position of the boss is likely to cause trouble between families and make himself the next ambitious goal.

Luciano chose to form a Mafia Committee with other family leaders. This is an informal alliance committee, but this committee has the ultimate power to resolve all disputes, including manipulating the life and death of gang members, determining the size of the territory controlled by the family and the development direction of the Mafia. As long as it is the resolution of the Committee, everyone must abide by it.

Mafia Committee is Luciano's greatest reform, because its members include several of the largest criminal families in the United States. Luciano can be said to have established a criminal group across the United States. He maintains control through the Committee, which has both power and will not be the target of everyone.

The establishment of the Mafia Committee has brought about the peaceful development of American gangs for 20 years. Luciano is also very discerning, leading many development directions of gangs, such as establishing Las Vegas in the desert and investing in Cuba's tourism and gambling, which have brought high profits and benefits to gangs.

Third, a generation of godfathers.

The difference between a gang and a street thug is that as a member of a gang, your value lies not in the desperate fight, but in the fact that you continue to earn a lot of money for the organization. Luciano was very successful in this respect. And what about Carlo? Gambino took over the Mafia Committee, which was also supported by Luciano.

There is a classic scene of American mafia meeting in Cuba in Godfather 2, which refers to the Havana Mafia Boss Meeting held by Luciano 1946 in Cuba. At this time, it can be said that Luciano's strength is the highest peak.

Luciano, a child from an unknown Sicily, made his name in the United States and established a criminal group across the United States. This bloody gang is also pursuing the realization of an American dream. 1998 Time magazine regarded Luciano as the 20th most influential and constructive criminal tycoon in the 20th century.