The Bugs and Meyer Mob
The Bugs and Meyer Mob was a criminal gang of Jewish mobsters in the Lower East Side of New York City, which is attributed to the Kosher Nostra today.
History
General conspicuous was the band in 1921, but the basics went to the childhood of friendly leader Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, and Dutch Schultz. The purpose of the band now was to earn profits by smuggling alcohol in violation of the alcohol prohibition, alcohol prohibition in the U.S..
Lansky acted as the thinker and organizer of the gang, especially seal provided the required muscles. Apparently, the band was also refuge for members of the former Eastman transition, because the influence of the gang handed soon to New York and New Jersey and beyond. In New York there were Kosher Nostra, which dominated 70% of the alcohol smuggling, while the Italians eventually organized into the five families of the Mafia, only 25 % were able to record for themselves; the rest was shared by Irish and other groups.
In addition to the alcohol smuggling and sales during the alcohol prohibition 1919-1932, the band developed its activities in other criminal divisions. Lansky was also a childhood friend of Lucky Luciano and both developed a close working relationship. As Broadway Mob they supplied Manhattan with high quality whiskey. The collaboration has continued and led to Meyer Lansky next to the Italians after the end of Prohibition member of the "Commission " of the National Crime Syndicate was.
There were always the resources of the Bugs and Meyer Mob Lucky Luciano who assisted in the enforcement within the La Cosa Nostra. The highlight was here the common education of Murder, Inc., the de facto acted as a service provider for murder contracts.
Unlike most " families " of La Cosa Nostra Meyer Lansky operated not territorial, but nationally and sat as he had learned it from Arnold Rothstein, on cooperation and participation of other mobsters. Therefore, there was no further history of the Bugs and Meyer Mob. The armed forces had been virtually converted into the Murder Inc, business was invested in gambling increased again. So Bugsy Siegel went to Las Vegas, because there the gambling was legal to build casinos there; especially the Flamingo.
Members
- Otto Berman (1889-1935), The saying: "It's nothing personal, just business " is attributed to him
- Jake Lansky, brother of Meyer Lansky
- Meyer Lansky (1902-1983)
- Irving " Tabbo " Sandler
- Dutch Schultz (1902-1935)
- Moe Sedway (1894-1952)
- Bugsy Siegel (1906-1947)
- Joseph "Doc" Stacher (1902-1977)
- Meyer "Mike" Wassel
- Charles Workman; Murderer of Dutch Schultz
- Abner Zwillman (1904-1959), was known as the " Godfather of New Jersey"