Charles Luciano: An Italian Mobster

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Ever since I was a teenager, I partook in criminal activities. In the United States, I rose from a measly criminal, to a crime boss, eventually becoming the father of organized crime in the United States. My name is Charles “Lucky” Luciano, and this is my story. I was born in Lercara Friddi, Sicily to my parents Antonio and Rosalia Lucania. In Sicily, my father worked a job in the sulfur mines. However, a promise of a better life in America led my family to immigrate to the United States in 1907, when I was only ten years old. The trip was not that long, taking only 17 days, but it gave me a chance to dwell on what to expect from this move. After arriving at Ellis Island, my parents chose to settle in New York City at the Lower East Side of Manhattan. They probably chose to move there because there were many Italian immigrants who settled in this area as well. When I turned 14, I decided that school was not for me, and I dropped out. I immediately found a job delivering hats, using my money to gamble in dice games. After winning a substantial amount of money in a game, I came up with the idea of earning money on the street. With the money I had, I started up my own gang. The thing about my gang that made us different from the other gangs was that we offered protection to Jewish teenagers from Italian and Irish gangs whose only business was petty crime. During this time, I befriended a Jewish teenager by the name of Meyer Lansky. We became close friends, eventually becoming future business partners. For years I continued to operate with small gangs, up until Prohibition was passed in 1919. I had already begun to associate with many future Mafia leaders through the Five Points Gang. Some of these men include Vito Genovese, Frank... ... middle of paper ... ... activities. However, in 1957, Vito Genovese thought he could overthrow the Luciano crime family in New York City. He shot and wounded my acting boss, Frank Costello, causing him to give control of the family to Genovese. Genovese wasn’t a smart fellow, and ended up getting many high ranking mobsters arrested in a failed meeting that was raided by the police. His stupidity allowed me to form a plan to dethrone Genovese. I organized a way for Genovese to be falsely blamed for a drug deal, leading to his arrest. Gambino now became the head boss of the family. Currently, I’m planning on meeting with an American producer to discuss plans on making a film biography about me. In a few days, I’m going to meet him at Naples International Airport. Hopefully everything goes to plan. If not, this little autobiography I wrote about me should suffice as a reference for the film.

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