Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II

Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II

The never-before-told true story of how mobster Charles “Lucky” Luciano—the U.S. Mafia boss who put the “organized” into organized crime—was recruited by U.S. Naval Intelligence to turn the tide of WW…

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