The Bugs and Meyer Mob
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The Bugs and Meyer Mob was a Jewish-American street gang in New York's Lower East Side
headed by mobsters Bugsy Siegel
and Meyer Lansky
during their teenage years shortly after the start of Prohibition
as a predecessor to Murder Inc.
They supplied bootleggers with stolen trucks and drivers and handling protection, hijacking, murder, illegal gambling, also enforcers of Frank Costello
in both New York and Louisiana.
Longtime associates of mobster Charles "Lucky" Luciano, the gang would frequently work with Joe Adonis
's Broadway Mob
throughout the 1920s and would eventually be incorporated into the National Crime Syndicate
after Prohibition's end in 1933.
Lower East Side
The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....
headed by mobsters Bugsy Siegel
Bugsy Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was an American gangster who was involved with the Genovese crime family...
and Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky , known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a Polish-born American 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...
during their teenage years shortly after the start of Prohibition
Prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...
as a predecessor to Murder Inc.
They supplied bootleggers with stolen trucks and drivers and handling protection, hijacking, murder, illegal gambling, also enforcers of Frank Costello
Frank Costello
Frank Costello was an Italian New York City gangster who rose to the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States and enjoyed political influence.Nicknamed the "Prime Minister of the Underworld", he became one of the most powerful and influential Mafia...
in both New York and Louisiana.
Longtime associates of mobster Charles "Lucky" Luciano, the gang would frequently work with Joe Adonis
Joe Adonis
Joe Adonis , also known as "Joey A", "Joe Adone", "Joe Arosa", "James Arosa", and "Joe DiMeo", was a New York mobster who was an important participant in the formation of the modern Cosa Nostra crime families.-Early years:Adonis was born Giuseppe Antonio Doto in the small town of Montemarano,...
's Broadway Mob
Broadway Mob
The Broadway Mob was a New York bootlegging gang during Prohibition. Although headed by Joe Adonis, the gangs day-to-day operations were handled by Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Frank Costello as well as financially backed by Arnold Rothstein...
throughout the 1920s and would eventually be incorporated into the National Crime Syndicate
National Crime Syndicate
The National Crime Syndicate was the name given by the press to a loosely-organized multi-ethnic organized crime syndicate. Its origins are uncertain....
after Prohibition's end in 1933.
Further reading
- Pryor, Alton. Outlaws and Gunslingers. Roseville, California: Stagecoach Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9660053-6-8