1936 in organized crime

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See also: 1935 in organized crime, other events of 1936, 1937 in organized crime and the list of 'years in Organized Crime'.

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  • As part of his strategy in his crusade against organized crime, Thomas Dewey begins a prosecution against New York mobster Charles "Lucky" Luciano who, on June 6, is eventually convicted of prostitution (pandering) and later imprisoned at the Clinton Correctional Facility. Other mobsters prosecuted by Dewey that year would include Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro who would be sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • John Avena, leader of the Philadelphia crime family, is gunned down by the rival Lanzetti Brothers beginning a five year gang war which would last until the death of William Lanzetti in 1939. Underboss Joe Bruno assumes control of the organization from his headquarters in New Jersey.
  • Syndicate numbers runner and bookie Lester Binion is forced to flee Dallas, Texas and eventually reforms his criminal operations as a hotel owner in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • January 4 - Former leader of the Morello crime family, Ciro Terranova is arrested by New York police officers on charges of vagrancy as he enters Manhattan.
  • February 14 - "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn, a high ranking member of the Chicago Outfit and reportedly the organizer of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, is murdered in a Milwaukee bowling alley.
  • May 19 - Nicholas Longo, the sister of Buffalo mobster Steve Magaddino, is killed in a bomb explosion in a supposed failed attempt on Maggadino's life.
  • July 15 - President Franklin Roosevelt orders the arrest of "Lupo the Wolf" Ignazio Saietta for violation of the terms of his parole to serve the remaining sentence stemming from a counterfeiting charge in 1918.
  • August - While attempting to return to Manhattan, Ciro Terranova is arrested by NYPD officers on a second charge of vagrancy and held in custody.
  • August 17 - "Big Nose" John Avena, head of the Philadelphia crime syndicate, is murdered while talking to a friend on a Philadelphia street corner. He is sunsequently succeeded by Joseph Bruno.
  • September 12/13 - Joseph Rosen, Brownsville candy store owner and government witness against Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, is murdered by Emmanuel Weiss, James Ferraco and Harry Strauss. The crime would go unsolved for three years until Abe Reles agreed to become a government informant in 1940.

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