I don't think modern day mob enthusiasts give enough credit, if any at all, to Lansky. In my humble opinion, he was the probably equal in stature to Luciano, but probably a lot smarter. This man toook LCN to places and heights it never dreamed of.....he took the CN model and reproduced it around the globe including London, Beruit, Cuba, etc.
Lansky was definitely the brains and politically astute arm of CN to Luciano's muscle.
I agree. Lansky and Costello are so fascinating because they both could have run legit corporations. That's rare. I mean, for all of that nonsense about John Gotti having an IQ of 140, well, you can see where I'm going here.
