1902 in organized crime
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Events[]
- Black Hand leader Giuseppe Morello is released from prison and begins counterfeiting operations to smuggle counterfeit $5 US dollar bills from Sicily into New York.
- December 1 – New York District Attorney William Travers Jerome orders a raid on gambling racketeer Richard Canfield's illegal gambling resort.
Arts and literature[]
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Births[]
- Settimo Accardi, New Jersey Mafia enforcer
- Angelo DeCarlo, Caporegime in the Genovese crime family
- Peter Magaddino, Joe Bonanno bodyguard and nephew of Stefano Magaddino
- Joseph Stacher, New York organized crime leader and Meyer Lansky associate.
- July 4 – Meyer Lansky [Maier Sucholjansky], Mafia financial advisor
- August 24 – Carlo Gambino, Gambino crime family Don and National Crime Commission director
- September 26 – Albert Anastasia [Umberto Anastasio] "Lord High Executioner"/"The Mad Hatter", Mangano crime family leader and member of Murder, Inc.
- November 22 – Joe Adonis (Joseph Doto), National Crime Syndicate member
Deaths[]
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