![]() ![]() Luciano’s father was employed in a sulfur mine in Sicily during this time. He was the offspring of Antonio Lucania and Rosalia Capporelli, who had a total of five children, including Bartolomeo, Giuseppe, Filippa, and Concetta. ![]() Luciano, also known by his birth name Salvatore Lucania, was born on November 24, 1897, in the town of Lercara Friddi located in Sicily, Italy. ![]() Luciano was eight years old his family emigrated from Sicily to the United States Luciano was impressed by Lansky’s resolute response to his demands and the two established a lasting and profitable alliance. Luciano encountered Meyer Lansky, another young delinquent when he attempted to extort Lansky for protection money on his route home from school. Unlike other street-based gangs who engaged in petty criminality, Luciano provided protection to Jewish juveniles from the threat of Italian and Irish gangs, charging a nominal fee of ten cents per week.ĭuring this time, he also began to familiarize himself with the trade of pimping in the years surrounding World War I. Luciano started his gang when he was a teenagerĪs a juvenile, Luciano established his own criminal organization and became a Storied Five Points Gang member. ![]()
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