There seems to be a push to blot out Murder Inc from the history books by certain researchers.

That sort of goes directly against the testimony of Abe Reles.

But it fits in their desire to minimize the relevance of Lucky Luciano and the impact he had on the mafia.

By making Murder Inc a fantasy cooked up by news reporters and fiction writers, they remove the dominant power Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky supposedly had over the mafia they reformed.


"For us, rubbin'out a Mustache was just like makin' way for a new building, like we was in the construction business."