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Bugs and Meyer Mob
Founded1920s
Founded byBen Siegel and Meyer Lansky
Founding locationNew York, NY
USA
Years active1920s — 1930s
TerritoryManhattan
EthnicityJewish Americans mainly from the Lower East Side
Criminal activitiesMurder, gambling, bootlegging, theft, racketeering, extortion
AlliesCharles "Lucky" Luciano, Frank Costello, Joe Adonis
RivalsWaxey Gordon, Joe Masseria, Salvatore Maranzano

The Bugs (Bugsy) and Meyer Mob was a Jewish-American street gang in Manhattan, New York City's Lower East Side. It was formed and headed by mobsters Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky during their teenage years shortly after the start of Prohibition. The Bugs and Meyer mob acted as a predecessor to Murder, Inc.

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