National Crime Syndicate
| Founded | 1929 |
|---|---|
| Founded by | Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky |
| Founding location | Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Years active | 1929–1960s |
| Territory | United States; mainly active in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Illinois, California, Nevada, New Orleans, some areas of New England and Florida |
| Ethnicity | Mainly people of Italian, Jewish and Irish descent; to a lesser extent African-American gangsters, Polish-American gangsters, and other organized crime groups |
| Membership (est.) | At least 14 criminal organizations |
| Criminal activities | Racketeering, rum-running, extortion, bribery, drug trafficking, gambling, prostitution, robbery, fraud, money laundering, fencing, loan sharking |
| Allies | |
| Rivals | Several gangs in the country |
The National Crime Syndicate was a multi-ethnic, closely connected, American confederation of several criminal organizations. It mostly consisted of and was led by the closely interconnected Italian American Mafia and Jewish Mob. It also involved, to a lesser extent, other ethnic criminal organizations such as the Irish Mob and African-American crime groups. Hundreds of murders were committed by Murder, Inc. on behalf of the National Crime Syndicate during the 1930s and 1940s.