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Criminal organization
Maceo Organization
Founded
c. 1927
Founders
Sam and Rosario Maceo
Founding location
Galveston, Texas
Years active
c. 1920s-1980s
Territory
Southeast Texas
Criminal activities
Racketeering, illegal gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, numbers game, bribery, political corruption, electoral fraud, extortion, money laundering, smuggling, and drug trafficking
Allies
Beach Gang
Rivals
Downtown Gang
The Maceo Organization, also known as the Maceo Syndicate, was a criminal organization, that ran Galveston, Texas politically and criminally throughout most of Galveston's open era. The organization's bosses, Sam and Rosario Maceo, operated illegal gambling, prostitution, bootlegging and racketeering activities.[1]
^Boatman, T. Nicole; Belshaw, Scott H.; McCaskin, Richard B. (2014-11-18). Galveston's Maceo Family Empire: Bootlegging & the Balinese Room. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-62585-331-8.
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