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The government were fully aware that the Mafia controlled the waterfront and also had Mafia connections in Sicily, and with the help of Albert Anastasia they kept the docks tight throughout the War with no strikes. He was initially serving a 30 – 50 year stretch behind bars in the US after 62 counts of compulsory prostitution were filed against him, however such was Luciano’s power that he struck a deal with the State of New York to help protect the waterfront from German invasion during World War II. It was on February 1946 that Lucky Luciano would say his final farewell to the United States, until his body was brought back in a casket almost twenty years later. The Chairman and Founding Father of the mob left an incredible legacy behind him. Upon leaving Lucky collapsed and died from a heart-attack. Lucky Luciano had attended a meeting with Martin Gosch at Naples International Airport to discuss a film based on his life. On this day in 1962 we marked the passing of an all-time great.
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