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Lucky Luciano was an Italian-American mobster who modernized organized crime in the United States. He helped form the Mafia’s governing body, “The Commission,” to end violent power struggles among gangs. Operating mainly in New York, Luciano built a massive network controlling drugs, gambling, and labor racketeering.

He was known for his intelligence and vision more than brutality. Luciano saw crime as business, creating partnerships that lasted decades. Convicted of running prostitution rings in 1936, he was deported to Italy after World War II but continued influencing the mob from afar until his death in 1962.