1949 in organized crime

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Events[]

• September 16 – , a member of Meyer Lansky's syndicate organization, is murdered in Valley Stream, New York.
• November 25 – , notorious Irish gangster, evades police in Boston, Massachusetts after a warrant is issued for his arrest.

Arts and literature[]

• Raoul Walsh's White Heat is released starring James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien and Virginia Mayo.

Births[]

• Louis Eppolito, NYPD officer and mob hitman
• , Rochester mobster
• , UK Turkish crime boss
• Leonidas Vargas, Colombian drug lord
• 24 October – Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord and Tijuana Cartel member.

Deaths[]

• September 16 – "Little Farfel", Meyer Lansky associate and National Crime Syndicate member