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Previously on 'The Making
of the Mob: New York'...

After rising in the ranks of
the New York underworld

for two decades,

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
makes a decision

that could bring
down the Mafia...

Mr. Luciano...

...when he takes the
stand in his own defense

against Special
Prosecutor Thomas Dewey.

Do you really expect
this jury to believe

that you are telling the truth?

They believe what
they're led to believe.

After Dewey puts him
away for 50 years...

I gotta get the
hell out of here.

...Luciano must run his
crime family from behind bars.

I'm naming Vito head
of the Luciano family.

And he picks Vito
Genovese as his acting boss.

You won't regret this.

But Genovese lets the
power go to his head...

He's greedy, he's
reckless, he's careless.

...and Luciano's empire
starts to fall apart.

Who're you calling
stupid, Frank?

Listen, I'll put two in your
head, you understand me?

When Genovese flees the
country on murder charges...

That stupid prick.

...Frank Costello is named
acting boss of the family.

But a snitch
emerges from within...

Reles is talking, Charlie.

What are you waiting for, Frank?

Get it done now.

...forcing Luciano
to order a hit...

Reles, come check out the view.

...that keeps his
empire intact...

Salute.

...but brings him no
closer to freedom.

♪ This ain't no time ♪

♪ To feel sorry for myself ♪

♪ I can't help it ♪

♪ 'Cause there's nobody else ♪

♪ And I'll walk these streets ♪

♪ With your name on my tongue ♪

♪ I dare not speak ♪

♪ Only there it belongs ♪

♪ There's got to
be a better way... ♪

♪ Better way. ♪

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano,

the most powerful
Mob boss in America,

remains locked up in a
maximum security prison

in upstate New York.

And while he's managing to
keep his operation under control,

Luciano fears the
other New York families

will try to grab
hold of his power

if he doesn't get out soon.

A Mob boss in prison

probably could maintain his
position and his power for a while.

But it was always so competitive,
it was always so vicious

that eventually there's always
somebody hungry to move up.

I've been in here too long.

Time for something to happen.

Charlie, what do
you want us to do?

What about these whores?

Can we get to them?

The problem is finding them.

No one knows where
they're at, Charlie.

They're in protection,
can't get to them.

But we're working on it.

We got every cop and politician
paid on the street except for Dewey.

We can't find three hookers?

Is that what you're telling me?

On orders from Lucky Luciano,

Frank Costello and Meyer Lansky
orchestrate a nationwide search

for the prostitutes whose
testimony put Luciano in jail.

It's only a matter of time
before their efforts pay off.

Hello?

Good job.

After the trial,

three of the prostitutes
escaped to California...

...where they thought they
were going to live free and clear.

Florence Newman?

Cokey!

Unfortunately, Lucky's
men more or less

kidnapped the prostitutes.

They were taken to a law
office and told to sign a paper

that stated they had
lied during the trial.

Thomas Dewey isn't about to let
his case against Luciano fall apart.

So he takes matters
into his own hands.

There were allegations

that there had been some
sort of improper conduct

in securing some
of the testimony.

Clearly, what had happened

is that the Mob had gotten
to some of the witnesses

and gotten them
to flip their stories.

It is... difficult to imagine

the paralyzing fear

expressed by nearly
every witness in this case

at the prospect of
testifying against a man

as ruthless and as violent

as Lucky Luciano.

Lucky Luciano is the ruler

of the most powerful
criminal organization

this city, this country
has ever known.

These witnesses...

were abused and
exploited young women

who were coerced
into selling their bodies

to satisfy the lusts
of depraved men

while Lucky Luciano and his gang

got rich off of it.

My office acted only
to protect these women

so that they
could tell the truth

and escape the horrific life

Lucky Luciano had
subjected them to.

Dewey convinces the judge
to dismiss the allegations,

and Lucky Luciano's
appeal is denied.

Lucky Luciano has
bribed judges and juries,

intimidated witnesses,

and attempted to play the
legal system in his favor.

But all of his
efforts have failed.

He's now faced
with the realization

that he might spend the
rest of his life behind bars.

See, this one, these
dates are not matching up.

Make sure you get the
dates to match, please.

After ensuring Luciano
remains locked up...

Thomas Dewey sets his sights

on his next target
in organized crime...

one of the founding
members of Murder, Inc.

For years, the highly
trained group of assassins...

has worked for the
New York Mafia...

carrying out hits approved
by the Commission

without leaving a trace.

But when hit man Abe
Reles is tied to a murder,

he starts ratting out
members of Murder, Inc.

I'll give you 50 guys.

Before the Mafia takes him out,

Reles names one of the hit
squad's top killers, Louis Lepke.

Lepke has evaded the
law for nearly two years.

The feared Jewish gangster
has a garment industry racket

worth the modern-day equivalent
of over $17 million per year.

Louis Lepke lived in a big, fancy
apartment on the Upper West Side.

He lived in the
equivalent of the Dakota.

Lepke, however,
had a real bad temper

and he would do things himself.

Thomas Dewey believes if
he can gather enough evidence

and pin murder
charges on Lepke...

he'll be able to bring down
the rest of Murder, Inc.

How many witnesses?

We have seven
witnesses ready to testify.

All right.

Issue the charges.
- Yes, sir.

Dewey orders his
men to sweep the city.

But with the Mob's connections

and hideouts
throughout New York...

the professional
assassin disappears.

While Dewey's men
search for Lepke...

the Federal Bureau
of Investigation

is also looking to arrest him
on a separate narcotics charge.

And the FBI joins in on
the international manhunt.

Lepke spent about
a year in hiding

where there was a search
for him all over the world.

People saw him in Australia,
Hawaii, South America.

Turned out he was in a basement
apartment in Brooklyn the entire time.

Before the authorities
can find him,

Lepke begins to take out anyone
who could connect him to a murder.

Lepke had this philosophy...
no witness, no case.

He was killing everybody...

and he was psychotic
and he was crazy.

And the feeling was if you
hang around long enough,

Lepke will kill you, too.

The longer Louis
Lepke remains at large,

the more of a mockery
he's making of this agency.

Director of the FBI
J. Edgar Hoover

knows he could put Lepke
away for narcotics charges.

But with the
gangster in hiding...

he'll need the help
of an unlikely ally.

You'll never guess
who I got a call from.

Who?

The FBI.

They want us to help
them find Louis Lepke.

By 1939...

...the New York Mafia's most
dangerous hit man, Louis Lepke,

is being hunted by
the FBI on drug charges

and by Thomas Dewey for murder.

Lepke has evaded the
law for nearly two years.

So in a last-ditch
effort to bring him in,

the feds have reached
out to an unexpected ally...

Lucky Luciano.

Luciano was approached
by our government.

There was that whole thing of
some... every once in a while,

the two sides try to
do something together

for the benefit of everyone.

Luciano is serving the third
year of his 50-year sentence

and has tried
everything to get out.

Now with the FBI
asking for help,

he sees the opportunity
he's been looking for

and meets with his closest
advisor, Meyer Lansky.

What do you wanna do about it?

Maybe you could talk to Lepke.

You tell him...

he's gotta take...

the rap on the heroin.

We give him over to Hoover...

and he'll pin the
murders on him, too.

Then he goes away forever

and we buy favor with
Hoover and Dewey.

'Notorious Killer Louis Lepke

Put Away by J. Edgar Hoover.'

Luciano knows
that giving up Lepke

would be a huge gamble,

as the feared killer could
easily snitch on the Mob.

But for the criminal
kingpin, getting out of prison

and reclaiming his place
at the head of his family

is more important.

In the fall of 1939,

Luciano and Lansky
set a plan in motion

to double-cross Louis Lepke.

After Lucky
Luciano went to jail,

Meyer Lansky's power had
to become more Machiavellian.

He had to work the angles,
pit people against people,

and I think that he...

really wanted to get
Luciano out of prison

because I think that
the best days of his life

were when Luciano was on
the street and they were together.

If they can convince
Lepke to turn himself in

on lesser drug charges,

the feds will hand him
over to Dewey for murder,

giving Luciano the
leverage he thinks he needs

to get out of prison.

To carry out the plan,

Lansky sends Lepke's
trusted associate...

Murder, Inc. cofounder
Albert Anastasia.

Well, Albert, it's
been a long time.

Listen, Lou, I can help you out,
but you gotta trust me on this.

I don't trust anybody.

We can make the Dewey
murder rap go away.

How?

The FBI is how.

Hoover's got you on
the high-profile list.

He wants a high-profile bust.

Turn yourself in to
Hoover on the heroin thing,

two, three years
in the can, tops.

The FBI?

If Dewey's guys find
you hiding out here,

they're gonna throw you
right in the electric chair.

Use your head.

It's a good deal, Lou.

Lepke wanted to surrender
himself to the federal government.

He didn't want the New
York police to get him

and end up in
the electric chair.

You got Lepke?

Because of the high-profile
nature of the arrest...

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover

personally wants to bring the
most wanted man in America

into custody.

Louis Lepke, you're
under arrest for murder.

Murder? You didn't
say anything about...

Albert, what is this?!

What is this?! Bastard!

What'd those... ah! Get
your hands off of me.

Filthy pigs! Where
are you... ah!

After a two-year search,

J. Edgar Hoover
finally has his man...

thanks to Lucky Luciano.

Lucky Luciano, he
understood that in life,

if I really help you out,

that when you see an
opportunity, you'll look out for me.

Well, that's what
this is all about.

In addition to gaining
leverage with the FBI,

Luciano's just given
Thomas Dewey

a huge victory.

And on December 2nd, 1941...

Louis Lepke is
sentenced to death.

Hoover turned him right back to
Dewey and Dewey executed him.

Louis Lepke, only Mob
boss to ever be executed.

Dewey has taken down
another high-profile gangster.

And under a national spotlight,

he launches a campaign to become
the next governor of New York.

Luciano's certain if Dewey wins,

he'll sign a pardon
freeing him from prison.

But while he waits
for word from Dewey,

a violent attack almost
5,000 miles away

is about to change everything.

Yesterday, December 7th, 1941...

a date which
will live in infamy.

For three years,

the violent conflict has been
raging throughout Europe.

During most of the 1930s,

Americans had ignored
what was going on in Europe

as Hitler ramped up

and began rampaging
around Europe.

Until Pearl Harbor.

A date which
will live in infamy.

The United States of America...

While Lucky Luciano is in
prison in upstate New York...

the country braces for
another attack on American soil,

and New York could
be the first target.

It was known that there
were German submarines

that were prowling
along American shores.

And the United States didn't have
the naval force yet to counteract that,

so Americans were
deeply concerned.

Just two months after the
attack on Pearl Harbor...

America's worst fear is realized

as a massive fire breaks
out on a naval troop ship

on the docks along the
west side of Manhattan.

As the SS Normandie burns,

fear spreads that war has
reached New York City.

The government was very worried

about sabotage
on the waterfront.

The government couldn't
figure out what to do

until someone suggested

get to the union leaders
and get to the Mob guys

who really run the waterfront.

Since Prohibition,

organized crime has asserted
its power over New York's harbor

and now has control
of more than 200 ports.

Now at war,

the federal government is forced
to make another unlikely alliance.

The Mafia's control

and their affiliations with
the longshoremen's union

meant that they had a hand in
everything coming into the country.

And the government had
to reach out to the Mafia

to prevent sabotage
on the waterfront.

And they had to reach
out to Lucky Luciano.

Mr. Lansky, we need your help.

Well, listen, sir, just because
we're, um, businessmen...

doesn't mean we're not patriots.

We'll lock down the docks.

Nothing gets in or out
of New York Harbor

without us knowing about it.

Nothing.

Thank you.

Don't thank me.

Thank Lucky Luciano.

Now, this is an
example of how powerful

by 1941 the American Mafia was.

Lansky reports back
to Luciano with a deal.

In exchange for the Mob's help,

the Navy agrees to work to
reduce Luciano's prison sentence.

With Luciano calling
the shots from prison,

Meyer Lansky and Frank Costello
orchestrate a citywide plan...

paying heavily armed guards
to work around the clock

and putting a system in place
to keep track of all shipments

so that nothing gets
in or out of New York

without the Mafia's approval.

When you hear that Lucky

helped the American
government...

protect the New York
harbors from prison,

how could you dislike a guy
who protected New York City?

Mobsters can be patriots.

They're human beings
like the rest of us.

And there are stories that
Lucky and other mobsters

helped keep the docks clean.

Well, why not? They're...
they're Americans, too.

At the same time, being
intelligent businesspeople,

there is an element in their thinking,
'If I do this for my government,

the government might do
something for me down the line, too.'

While Luciano is doing his
part in the American war effort...

4,000 miles away...

Vito Genovese is
about to strike a deal...

with the enemy.

After fleeing to Italy to
escape a murder charge,

Vito Genovese has been
forced to abandon his dream...

of ruling the
Luciano crime family.

Now Genovese is determined
to exploit a new opportunity.

But before he can
lay the groundwork,

he'll need to go
through one man...

Fascist dictator
Benito Mussolini.

Sir.

Just a small sample.

Over the next few years,

Genovese donates the
modern-day equivalent

of $3.6 million to
Mussolini's Fascist Party.

There's plenty more
where that came from.

What Genovese did
in a very patriotic mode,

he became an arch Fascist
in support of Mussolini

while he was in Italy
during the entire war.

In fact, he made
major contributions.

So there was no question.

He had suddenly forgotten all
about his American patriotism.

With the dictator on his side,

Genovese has the freedom
to set up a lucrative racket

in an industry he's
known for years.

Vito Genovese was
involved in the heroin trade.

You go all the way
back to the early days

and he was moving opium around.

In the 1940s, heroin
is legal in Italy.

And Mussolini allows Genovese
to export narcotics freely...

smuggling drugs out of the
country in small packages

disguised in luggage
and automobiles.

For almost a year,

Genovese builds up his
heroin racket throughout Italy.

But in July of 1943...

in the midst of the global war,

the Allies invade Sicily.

There has been a lot of reports

that Luciano was helpful in
the invasion of Sicily in 1943,

and that's a myth.

Luciano, through his
own public relations efforts,

tried to create the myth

that would help him get
the pardon from Dewey.

In fact, Frank Costello

tipped off Walter Winchell,
a very important columnist,

and Winchell reported this,

that Luciano helped
the invasion of Sicily.

Total fabrication.

The Allied invasion
of Sicily is a success.

And so is Luciano's
play for public goodwill.

As the Allies
sweep across Italy,

Genovese is suddenly
on the losing side.

He quickly switches
his allegiance

and becomes a translator
for the American Army.

Guys, what's goin' on here?

Crates have been here for weeks.

But true to form, Genovese
betrays his new allies.

When the Americans
come and take over Sicily,

he disavows the Fascists

and he cuts a deal
with the American Army.

And then we find out that
he's diverting illegal supplies

from the American Army
to sell on the black market.

This was a guy that would cut a deal
with anybody and then betray them.

Come on, let's go!
We can move faster.

During World War II,

Genovese just capitalized on
food stamps, or rationing stamps...

whether it was gasoline...

many of the Mob guys
were excitement junkies,

addicted to certain types
of, you know, behavior,

whether it was stealing, power.

We gotta paint them and
get 'em out of here, all right?

I need this warehouse clear.

Freeze!
- Don't move, don't move, don't move!

Come on, let's move.

The real smart guys,

they know not to mess
with the government.

This wiseguy once
told me, he said,

'Chazz, one thing you don't do...
you don't mess with the government.

They got the toughest
mob in the world.'

To the right. You understand me?

'They won two world wars
and they print their own money.

You don't mess with them.'

Once Genovese
is in Army custody,

the military learns that he's
wanted for murder in the US

and quickly sends him back
to New York to stand trial.

With two of the most
powerful gangsters

in the Luciano crime
family behind bars,

the fate of the
operation is at stake.

And Lucky Luciano
begins to realize

that if Genovese
turns on the Mob,

he could once
again risk everything

Luciano's worked
so hard to build.

After seven years
on the lam in Italy...

Vito Genovese is
in federal custody

and on his way back to America,

facing the murder
charge he tried to dodge.

Frank.

That murder charge?

The D.A.'s got a witness.

Some guy named Pete LaTempa.

It's true, Vito.

He's gonna testify.

How could you be so stupid?

You gotta get to
this guy, Frank.

If he talks, I'm done.

The man with evidence
against Genovese

is Peter LaTempa,

a low-level gangster willing
to exchange his testimony

to reduce his sentence.

This is not good.

Doing the best I can.
- It's not good enough, Frank.

What are we gonna do?

To Luciano, Genovese
has been a liability for years,

failing as a boss and
drawing attention to the Mob.

Now if Genovese
snitches to the feds,

he could destroy
everything Luciano has built.

During the war, Genovese
was working with Mussolini.

Luciano's a patriot.

And Luciano hated him.

If he could have, he
would have had him killed.

Despite their differences,

Luciano knows he and Genovese
have built a criminal empire together,

and he refuses to turn his
back on one of his inner circle.

LaTempa, time
for your daily dose.

On January 15th, 1945,

Pete LaTempa is found
poisoned in his cell.

Lucky Luciano has
saved Vito Genovese.

And without a key witness, the
feds may no longer have a case.

Just four months later...

the Allies declare
victory in Europe.

And soon after,
victory in Japan.

After six long years of
fighting across the globe,

World War II is finally over.

And now Luciano
wants to make sure

the valuable help he's
given to the war effort

doesn't go unrewarded.

Luciano thought of himself
as an American patriot.

The United States was getting lots
and lots of assistance from Luciano,

and he thought that as a reward
for his service in World War II,

he would be allowed
to resume his power.

Luciano drafts a letter
pleading his case for parole.

He addresses it to the one man
with the power to grant him clemency...

New York's newly
elected governor,

the man responsible for putting
Luciano in prison, Thomas Dewey.

But Dewey has no reason
to grant Luciano a pardon

and every reason to
keep him behind bars.

Five months go by
without word from Dewey.

By now, Luciano has been
in prison for nearly 10 years.

The entire time, he's been
scheming to find a way out.

Lucky wants out of jail.

He wants to go back
to making money

and running his
organized crime syndicate.

Lucky Luciano is
willing to do anything

to stay in power.

In his quest to
gain his freedom,

Luciano has done
favors for the FBI...

the United States Navy,

and even Thomas Dewey.

But with no response
to his quest for parole...

it seems it's all
been for nothing.

In 1945, Lucky Luciano has
sent a letter requesting parole

to New York's governor,
Thomas Dewey.

It's been seven months
and still no response.

When will we know?

Well, that's up to Dewey.

Soon, Charlie.

I'll push it, soon.

I've been talking to
my guys in the Navy

and they're leaning
on him real hard.

That doesn't mean
he's gonna sign it.

All we can do is try to
push all the right buttons

and hope for the best.

With Luciano's request
for a pardon in hand,

Thomas Dewey must
make a crucial decision.

He's built his political career on
the back of Luciano's conviction.

But now he's getting
pressure to free Luciano

from the United States Navy.

Pressure was put on Dewey
because of Luciano's war service,

which was extensive.

But Luciano's work on behalf
of the military is classified.

If Dewey does pardon Luciano,

he won't be able
to reveal the reason.

And for a politician with
presidential aspirations,

releasing America's
most notorious gangster

could be a major liability.

The commutation
of Luciano's sentence

was a politically controversial
issue at the time...

and it was a difficult
one for him politically.

With pressure
mounting on all sides,

Thomas Dewey comes up with
a solution to appease the military,

protect his political future,

and deal with Luciano
once and for all.

I, uh, came as
soon as I got word.

Dewey signed the papers.

But, um...

you can't stay here.

They're deporting you.

To Italy.

I'm an American.

Based on the help
that Luciano had given

to the government
during the war,

my grandfather commuted his
sentence with the additional condition

that he be deported and not
return to the United States.

I guess I'll go back.

After 10 years, Luciano
has finally won his freedom.

But it's come at a steep price.

For the first time
since his incarceration,

Luciano's original
crew is together again.

Benny, you came all
this way to see me go.

Had to say goodbye.

Francesco.
- Charlie.

I just got word.

The D.A.'s gonna drop
the charges against Vito.

He's being released.

Just keep an eye on him.

Meyer.

I'm gonna miss you.
- I'm gonna miss you, too.

Come visit me sometime, huh?

40 years after he
arrived in New York,

a penniless
immigrant from Sicily...

Lucky Luciano is
being forced to leave

the country he considers home.

Luciano thought of
himself as an American.

This is where he had made it.

This is where he wanted to be.

And he thought that
he would be allowed

to stay here and
resume his power.

Luciano and his crew

have climbed their way to the
top of the New York underworld,

amassed a fortune most
men can only dream of,

and built a criminal
empire together.

Now Lucky Luciano
must leave it all behind.