1906 in organized crime
See also: 1905 in organized crime, other events of 1906, 1907 in organized crime and the list of 'years in organized crime'.
Events
- Lupo the Wolf is arrested and charged with kidnapping Tony Bonzuffi, the son of an East Side banker and suspected Black Hand victim.
- Paul Kelly's nightclub Little Naples is forced to close under pressure from reform movements.
- "Louie the Lump" Louis Pioggi joins the Five Points Gang at age seventeen. Within two years he would become a prominent gunman within the gang.
- Nicola Gentile becomes a member of the Philadelphia crime family.
- Charles Luciano immigrates to New York with his family.
Arts and literature
- The Story of the Kelly Gang (film)
Births
- William Aloisio "Smokes", Chicago Outfit member and syndicate "hitman"
- Anthony Anastasio, New York Waterfront leader
- Dominick Brancata "Nags", Chicago Outfit hitman
- February 28 - Bugsy Siegel [Benjamin Siegel], Meyer Lansky associate, Murder, Inc. member, and Las Vegas casino owner
- March 28 - Tony Accardo [Antonino Joseph "Joe Batters" Accardo], Chicago Outfit leader
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