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02 - The future of organized crime.

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 The future of organized crime.
Discussions concerning the division of the country into exclusive franchises and territories for the bosses and their gangs and the creation of a National Syndicate to resolve disputes between gangs started at the Atlantic City Conference. The highly successful "Big Seven Group" organized by Torrio and others to coordinate East Coast bootlegging activities was used as a model for this new "National Syndicate".

These discussions took place, however, as tensions between Masseria and Maranzano were about to lead to the Castellammarese War. The leaders who attended the conference eventually brought that war to an end by eliminating the old guard leaders, or "Mustache Petes". The Syndicate leaders in Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Philadelphia, and elsewhere would back up the New York forces through removal of the old guard in their areas if need be.

Atlantic City delegates.
The terms capo and consigliere were not used until Salvatore Maranzano modeled the reorganized Italian underworld on the military of the Roman Empire in 1931; the terms lieutenant and advisor were more common at the time, except with the Maranzano family, (future Bonanno crime family), which had already been following the strict Cosa Nostra traditions of their native Sicily. The position of consigliere did not exist until Charlie "Lucky" Luciano became the de facto first amongst equals in La Cosa Nostra and added the position to the Family hierarchy in 1931 when he formed the Commission.

Underworld members, city or delegation they represented and their rank at time of conference:
Atlantic City:
- Enoch "Nucky" Johnson - South Jersey/Atlantic City boss/host.
New York/New Jersey:
- John "The Fox" Torrio - Former Chicago Torrio/Capone Gang boss/New York advisor.
- Salvatore "Charles 'Lucky' Luciano" Lucania - Masseria Family lieutenant/New York.
- Frank "The Prime Minister" Costello - Masseria Family lieutenant/New York.
- Giuseppe "Joe Adonis" Doto - Masseria Family lieutenant/New York.
- Vito Genovese - Masseria Family lieutenant/New York.
- Guarino Moretti - Masseria Family lieutenant/New Jersey.
- Vincent Mangano - D'Aquila/Mineo Family lieutenant/New York,
- Frank Scalise - D'Aquila Mineo Family lieutenant/New York.
- Albert Anastasia - D'Aquila/Mineo Family lieutenant/New York.
- Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese - Reina Family lieutenant/New York.
- Meyer "The Brain" Lansky - Bugs & Meyer Mob boss/New York.
- Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel - Bugs & Meyer Mob boss/New York.
- Louis Buchalter - Buchalter/Shapiro Gang boss/New York.
- Jacob Shapiro - Buchalter/Shapiro Gang boss/New York.
- Dutch Schultz - Schultz Gang boss/New York.
- Abner Zwillman - North Jersey/Zwillman Gang boss/New Jersey.
- Owney Madden - Irish Combine boss/New York.
- Frank Erickson - former Rothstein lieutenant/Costello associate/New York.
- Tommy Gagliano - Reina Family underboss/New York.
- Carlo Gambino - D'Aquila/Mineo Family lieutenant/New York.
Chicago:
- Alphonse "Scarface" Capone - South Side/Capone Gang boss/Chicago.
- Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti - South Side/Capone Gang lieutenant/Chicago.
- Jake Guzik - South Side/Capone Gang lieutenant/Chicago.
- Frank "Frank Cline" Rio - South Side/Capone bodyguard/Chicago.
- Frank McErlane - Saltis/McErlane Gang boss/Chicago.
Philadelphia:
- Waxey Gordon - Jewish Mob boss/Philadelphia.
- Max Hoff - Jewish Mob boss/Philadelphia.
- Harry Stromberg - Jewish Mob boss/Philadelphia.
- Irving Bitz - Jewish Mob boss/Philadelphia.
- Charles Schwartz - Jewish Mob boss/Philadelphia.
- Samuel Lazar - Jewish Mob boss/Philadelphia.
Cleveland:
- Morris Dalitz - Little Jewish Navy boss/Cleveland.
- Louis Rothkopf - Little Jewish Navy boss/Cleveland.
- Leo Berkowitz - Little Jewish Navy/Mayfield Road Mob associate/Cleveland.
Detroit:
- William Joseph Bernstein - Purple Gang boss/Detroit (a.k.a. "Bill Bugs").
- Abraham Bernstein - Purple Gang boss/Detroit.
Kansas City:
Giovanni Lazia - Pendergast Machine/Balestrere Gang lieutenant/Kansas City (a.k.a. Lazio).
New England:
- Charles Solomon - Jewish Mob boss/Boston.
- Frank "The Cheeseman" Cucchiara - North End Gang/Buccola Family lieutenant/Boston.
- Frank "Bootsy" Morelli - Morelli Gang boss/Providence.
Florida:
- Santo Trafficante Sr. - Tampa Family underboss/Tampa.
Louisiana:
- Sylvestro Corallo - Matranga/Giacona Family lieutenant/New Orleans.


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