The Gambino Family History

<p>In the fall of 1931 Charles "Lucky" Luciano calls the most powerful gangsters to a hotel in Chicago for a meeting that will soon change the way that organized crime is run in America.</p><p> </p><p>He creates the Five Families just like they did back in Sicily. His words were We have to run our business like a business.</p><p> </p><p>With the Capos the Crews and the Consiglieres all reporting to the head of the family The Boss but there will be no more Boss of Bosses.</p><p>He also created a board of directors The Commission run by the heads of the five New York families. They will have the final say in all matters even life and death.</p><p> </p><p>In a single move Luciano creates the most powerful organized crime syndicate America has ever seen.</p><p> </p><p>And then twenty-six-years later on the morning of October 25 1957 Albert Anastasia was killed and with his death came the birth of The Gambino Crime Family.</p><p>Even though they are no longer headline news in the newspapers across the country The Gambino Crime Family continues to be active in a variety of criminal enterprises.</p><p> </p><p>In this book we will journey over 100 years of Mafia history from the 1898 reign of Ignazio 'the Wolf' Lupo through the prohibition years and the 1929 Castellammarese War.</p><p> </p><p>We'll trace the footsteps and battles of Lucky Luciano Carlo Gambino Paul Castellano and John Gotti as they make millions kill thousands and create empires.</p>