Who Is The Greatest Mob Boss of All Time?

[1987_Lakers]

Lucky Luciano
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1. He restructured the Mafia after planning the assassinations of Sal Maranzano and Joe Masseria, bosses of the mustache Pete era of the Mafia. Lucky implemented fundamental changes to how the mob was run, creating a business approach to organized crime and putting an end to bloodshed which drew the attention of law officials.

2. He setup the Commission to act as governing body for organized crime on a nationwide scale which took the mob to a new level, he also split New York into Five Families.

3. Lucky also offered to help in the war effort during World War II by using his criminal connections in Italy to advance the Allies’ cause.

Frank Costello
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1. He started off life as a down and out kid who rose to lead what is today known as the Genovese Crime Family.

2. Frank had many connections in the political arena which helped his influence in the underworld. By the 1940’s he had virtually taken control of New York politics through his connections in the Democratic Part at Tammany Hall.

3. Despite nearly being killed in a 1957 power move attempt by Vito Genovese, Frank always preferred to swap the gun for a handshake in many of his business dealings.

Carlo Gambino
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1. Carlo earned the family over $500,000,000 a year, gave the nod for many contracted hits, ran the family with an iron fist for over 20 years.

2. In 50 years of crime he served only 22 months in prison (1937–38).

3. He was low-profile, but a ruthless mob boss who came up through the ranks from the early inception of the Commission. During his reign he never had an attempt made on his life.

[1987_Lakers]

The consensus to this question is usually Lucky, but the guy was boss for a very short time and got a 30 year sentence for running a prostitution ring.

I've always been fascinated with Carlo, never spent a day in jail in his 20 years as Boss, kept an extremely low profile which made life hell for the feds, his family was by far the most powerful in La Cosa Nostra. My vote would probably go to him.

[Akrazotile]

:roll:


Those guys are Gomer Pyle compared to the likes of George HW Bush, George Soros... not to mention the Rothschilds etc.


Lucky Luciano the greatest mob boss of all time :lol

[tpols]

al capone.

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[NumberSix]

Obviously Gambino. Built the biggest family and never spent a day in jail.

[SomeBlackDude]

don carlo. boss of bosses during the height of lcn. died in his own bed of natural causes. and he was a conniving f*ck- used genovese to take out the old guard luciano loyalists (costello, anastasia, moretti) and attain his position of power then turned around and got rid of don vito to make sure there was no one to challenge him on the commission. modern machiavelli.

luciano gets too much credit for the reorganization. it was actually maranzano who came up with the post castellamarese, post joe the boss structure of the mob. he was a highly educated dude who was obsessed with ancient rome and tried to build his new criminal empire in the model of the roman legions. he was even known as "little caesar" on the skreets. that's where caporegimes/soldatos/etc and all that came from, not luciano or lansky. they just took that model and ran with it.

costello was the liason between the street goons and the political machine. prime minister of the mob. but he never had the respect of the troops, which is why despite having control of luciano's massive criminal operation and having hitters like anastasia, he was rolled over like nothing by genovese.


al capone.

meh. capone was a gotti type. better as a goon than a boss. also died of syphilis. not very boss like. :lol

also, carlos marcello never gets the recognition he deserves. the man killed a president for f*cksake.

[Patrick Chewing]

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[1987_Lakers]

don carlo. boss of bosses during the height of lcn. died in his own bed of natural causes. and he was a conniving f*ck- used genovese to take out the old guard luciano loyalists (costello, anastasia, moretti) and attain his position of power then turned around and got rid of don vito to make sure there was no one to challenge him on the commission. modern machiavelli.


Carlo also murdered Eboli, an acting boss of the Genovese family for not paying a 4 million dollar debt without any repercussions. He didn't kill a soldier or a captain, but a ****ing boss from the five families, Carlo was truly the boss of all bosses.

Too bad he made Costellano boss of his family after his death, probably his biggest mistake.

[SomeBlackDude]

Too bad he made Costellano boss of his family after his death, probably his biggest mistake.

not really. by all accounts big paul was a very effective and capable boss and took the gambinos into lucrative new rackets. making delacroce boss would've made the knuckle draggers on the street happy, but wouldn't have done much to advance the family as a whole.

the biggest blunder of that family was paul not taking out gotti and his imbecile crew after they were caught dealing drugs/talking on wiretaps.

gotti was the downfall of the gambinos and the mob as a whole.

[dude77]

3. He was low-profile, but a ruthless mob boss who came up through the ranks from the early inception of the Commission. During his reign he never had an attempt made on his life.


that's some respect right there .. that no one would even think of trying to mess with you .. damn

[dude77]

off topic but these are some badass names and perfectly fitting for a gangster


aniello dellacroce

carlo cambino

santo trafficante

[SomeBlackDude]

3. He was low-profile, but a ruthless mob boss who came up through the ranks from the early inception of the Commission. During his reign he never had an attempt made on his life.

technically this isn't true. bonanno and magliocco (boss after profaci) plotted to kill the other 3 bosses on the commission, including don carlo. they gave the contract to joe colombo, who turned around and snitched to gambino and the others. magliocco was fined and forced to retire, dying like a month later. bonanno faked his own kidnapping and went into hiding. :lol

colombo was awarded for his snitching by being made boss and a family being named after him.

circus status. :roll:

[Ben Simmons 25]

Anthony Soprano

[Bawkish]

You forgot Meyer Lansky

The fact that he was always overlooked in this kind of discussion makes him a total badass. Never even convicted or spent time in prison, he's made the Mafia into a money building empire. Even Luciano conforms to him when making decisions. Never got that true legitimacy in mob ranks bec he's not Italian

By the time he died he's been one of the richest "businessman" in the world

[1987_Lakers]

You forgot Meyer Lansky

The fact that he was always overlooked in this kind of discussion makes him a total badass. Never even convicted or spent time in prison, he's made the Mafia into a money building empire. Even Luciano conforms to him when making decisions. Never got that true legitimacy in mob ranks bec he's not Italian

By the time he died he's been one of the richest "businessman" in the world

Lansky was never a mob boss.

[SomeBlackDude]

You forgot Meyer Lansk... Never got that true legitimacy in mob ranks bec he's not Italian

not true at all. once the mustache petes were eliminated, the italian and jewish gangs were working hand-in-glove in the underworld throughout the 20th century. half of murder inc was made up of jews with lepke having the same level of authority as anastasia. bugsy siegel became the boss of the l.a. crime syndicate that was made up of both jews and italians. same deal in chicago, membership in the outfit wasn't strictly restricted to only italians.

jews like dutch schultz, longy zwillman, and jacob shapiro had seats on the commission.



Lansky was never a mob boss.

he was the head of the bugs and meyer mob which was the precursor to murder inc.

and he was the recognized leader of the jewish organized crime families across the u.s. from nyc to vegas and l.a.

the mob couldn't take out bugsy until they got the ok from lansky.

jack dragna, boss of the cohen/siegel family in l.a., talking to hitman/snitch jimmy frattiano:


Meyer's got a Jewish family built along the same lines as our thing. But his family's all over the country. He's got guys like Lou Rhody and Dalitz, Doc Stacher, Gus Greenbaum, sharp ****ing guys, good businessmen, and they know better than try to **** us.

[1987_Lakers]

not true at all. once the mustache petes were eliminated, the italian and jewish gangs were working hand-in-glove in the underworld throughout the 20th century. half of murder inc was made up of jews with lepke having the same level of authority as anastasia. bugsy siegel became the boss of the l.a. crime syndicate that was made up of both jews and italians. same deal in chicago, membership in the outfit wasn't strictly restricted to only italians.

jews like dutch schultz, longy zwillman, and jacob shapiro had seats on the commission.




he was the head of the bugs and meyer mob which was the precursor to murder inc.

and he was the recognized leader of the jewish organized crime families across the u.s. from nyc to vegas and l.a.

the mob couldn't take out bugsy until they got the ok from lansky.

jack dragna, boss of the cohen/siegel family in l.a., talking to hitman/snitch jimmy frattiano:



You are right, I have a tendency to think mostly of the New York Families when the subject of mob comes up, hence the poll options.

[SomeBlackDude]

You are right, I have a tendency to think mostly of the New York Families when the subject of mob comes up, hence the poll options.

up until like the 60s, the jewish mob was on par with cosa nostra. jews had seats on the commission. lepke was the biggest labor racketeer of his era and he was named public enemy #1 (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5324859/louis_public_enemy_no_1/). he ran murder inc.

few mobsters have been as powerful and influential as lepke was. and he was doing all that at the same exact time that guys like lucky and costello were active.

[ItsMillerTime]

Vladimir Putin

[JohnnySic]

Capone. At his peak he had a whole city in his pocket.

[rufuspaul]

Damn Dondadda knows a shitload about organized crime. :wtf:

[FKAri]

The greatest mob bosses are the ones who were able to take control of an entire nation. However they can then make their enterprise legal, thus no longer qualify to be a moss boss. See: Any dictator.

[highwhey]

Damn Dondadda knows a shitload about organized crime. :wtf:
:oldlol:

[bladefd]

The greatest mob bosses are the ones who were able to take control of an entire nation. However they can then make their enterprise legal, thus no longer qualify to be a moss boss. See: Any dictator.

Whoa whoa, careful now. You don't talk about your President in that manner!

[Akrazotile]

Whoa whoa, careful now. You don't talk about your President in that manner!


Predictable cringe.

Youre not only unintelligent, but a terrible comedian.

[bladefd]

Predictable cringe.

Youre not only unintelligent, but a terrible comedian.

*You're

If you're going to insult my intelligence on a regular basis, I suggest you at least type in proper English.

[Akrazotile]

*You're

If you're going to insult my intelligence on a regular basis, I suggest you at least type in proper English.


Holy CRINGE.


YOURE A ****ING CRINGE.

[bladefd]

Holy CRINGE.


YOURE A ****ING CRINGE.

That should be "You're", pal. :cheers:

[Ben Simmons 25]

Vladimir Putin

On a dead ass serious note... this is probably the correct answer.

[FatComputerNerd]

You should watch Boardwalk Empire if you haven't seen it and are bored one day.

Pretty good show (and based somewhat on historical events) about the early days of the mob, and the rise to power of guys like Luciano, Capone, Lansky, etc.

[SomeBlackDude]

stumbled on this cool youtube page recently. dude has a whole bunch of rare, behind the scenes footage of a ton of high profile crime stories and other content.

camera footage of the ravenite social club in the early 90s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXTt-z8kGEU).

^the ravenite had been the center of the gambino fam empire since the days they were the anastasia fam. you can see gotti and his brothers and other mobsters going in and out, conducting everyday business. gotti inherited the ravenite from dellacroce after he became boss/dellacroce's death. his former headquarters was the bergin hunt & fish club in ozone park, queens.

the ravenite was most likely wiretapped/bugged by the feds at the point this vid was taken.

rare footage of carmine galante and his death (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDzJB7LXUKk)

^that little old man was personally responsible for the heroin epidemic of the 70s. i remember reading that something like 70-80% of the heroin that came into the country from the 60s-80s was brought in by the mob, the vast majority by the bonannos and galante specifically. him trying to corner the market and take over the commission is what got him clipped.

[LAmbruh]

big meech