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Anthony Casso
American organized-crime figure
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Bernardo Provenzano
Italian mob boss
Joseph Charles Bonanno smiles as he arrives for a hearing at a federal court.
Joseph Bonanno
Italian American crime boss
Al Capone seated and facing forward, wearing a dark three-piece suit, patterned tie, and pocket square, in a black-and-white portrait from around 1935.
Al Capone
American gangster
Whitey Bulger
Whitey Bulger
American crime boss
Front-facing and side-facing portraits of Mexican former drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera, wearing blue and brown clothing, photographed after his arrival in the United States.
Joaquín Guzmán
Mexican drug lord
Nucky Johnson, wearing a dark suit and glasses, sits at a wooden table in a courtroom with one hand resting on the table and the other on his knee.
Nucky Johnson
American politician
John Gotti
John Gotti
American crime boss
Paul Castellano
Paul Castellano
American organized crime boss
Lucky Luciano
Lucky Luciano
American crime boss
Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky
American gangster
One of the leaders of the Luciano crime family
Frank Costello
American organized crime boss
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Johnny Torrio
American gangster
Vito Genovese
Vito Genovese
American gangster
Bugsy Siegel
Bugsy Siegel
American gangster
Louis Buchalter
Louis Buchalter
American crime boss
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Arnold Rothstein
American criminal
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Salvatore Maranzano
American organized crime leader
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Taoka Kazuo
Japanese crime boss
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Joseph Colombo
American crime boss

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