Ten things you should know about Lucky Luciano

Most of us are familiar with the Italian-American mafia immortalized by films like Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, and The Godfather. However, what you are probably not aware of is that there's one man without whom the mafia would never have reached its level of far-reaching influence. And that is none other than Charles "Lucky" Luciano.

Luciano became the first leader of the powerful Genovese crime family and was famously considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States. He helped form the governing body of the American mafia known as the Commission that continues to exert power in the world of crime today.

Born in Sicily yet raised in Manhattan's Lower East Side, Luciano facilitated the murder of the city's top two Mafia bosses and brought about fundamental changes to organized crime. After that, he set up the Five Families to rule New York and established a National Crime Syndicate. And that's just the tip of the iceberg on what Luciano did. Keep watching this video to find out ten things you should know about Lucky Luciano.

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