Cohen Gang
This article is about the Mickey Cohen crew. For the crime family it was a part of, see Las Vegas crime family.
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The gang's leader, Mickey Cohen | |
| Founded | 1933 |
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| Founder | Mickey Cohen |
| Founding location | Los Angeles, California |
| Years active | 1933–1961 |
| Membership | 35 official; 60+ associates (1949 estimate) |
| Criminal activities | Extortion, racketeering, drug trafficking, contract killing, political corruption, police corruption, bribery, bookmaking, prostitution |
| Allies | Chicago Outfit, Dallas crime family, Ben Siegel, and Lou Rothkopf |
| Rivals | Los Angeles crime family |
The Cohen Gang, also known as the Cohen crime family, was a Jewish criminal organization based in Los Angeles, California. Originally founded by New York mobster Benjamin Siegel, the gang was later headed by and named after his top lieutenant, Mickey Cohen, after Siegel's death in June 1947.
After Siegel's death in 1947, one of his other lieutenants, Jack Dragna, also the boss of the Los Angeles crime family, attempted to take control of Siegel's empire in a hostile power struggle with Cohen.
History
Battle of Sunset Strip
Main article: Battle of Sunset Strip
Members
Main article: List of Las Vegas crime family members
In popular culture
- In the 2010 video game, L.A. Noire, Cohen and his syndicate are the main antagonists of the game and are fighting a war with veterans.
- In the 2013 film, Gangster Squad, a mob squad fight Cohen and his gang in 1949. The film is highly fictionalized.
- In the 2013 miniseries, Mob City, an L.A. detective is caught in-between a war between the Siegel-Cohen mob and Bill Parker's mob squad. The series is highly fictionalized.
See also
References
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