Tommy Lucchese

After Tommy Gagliano, Lucchese took charge of the family subsequently named after him and consolidated its interests in the garment and transport sectors and other racketeered businesses.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

The government sought to revoke Lucchese's naturalisation, arguing that he had omitted several arrests and aliases in his 1941–1943 naturalisation declarations. The case involved several decisions by appellate courts and the Supreme Court.

Attribution

Accused

Lucchese built much of his power in the garment and transport industries, using union influence, trade associations and Mafia muscle.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

Historical references describe a narcotics trafficking network linked to Lucchese and Santo Trafficante Jr.

State of the evidence

Documented

Historical accounts place Lucchese among the young bosses associated with Luciano during the successive downfalls of Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, followed by the creation of the modern Five Families system.

State of the evidence

Documented

Lucchese was suspected in Joe Pinzolo's murder during New York's Mafia wars, but the case did not result in a conviction against him.

Attribution

Accused

Lucchese was arrested alongside his brother-in-law during the investigation into Louis Cerasuolo's murder, then released when the charges were dropped.

Attribution

Accused

Course of the proceedings

1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

Lucchese was convicted of stealing a motor vehicle; later naturalisation documents refer to this conviction, the only certain criminal conviction of his career.

State of the evidence

Established by a court

Attribution

Accused