Mobster Biography: Meyer Lansky

Meyer Lansky was a legendary mafia tycoon who applied his intelligence to making millions from illegal gambling. From an early life of persecution in the anti-Jewish pogroms of Russia he worked his way up the lower levels of New York’s gangland. A close associate of Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Lansky played a pivotal role in the power shift from old guard mobsters to the ambitious “Young Turks” who dreamed of being more than mere street thugs. Meyer Lansky was part of the vanguard for the rise...