BTW: Here's how Lansky beat the four charges I mentioned earlier:
--The "drug" rap was a local charge, brought by the Miami/Dade prosecutor. He beat that one because the Miami/Dade police arrested in in the international customs area of Miami/Dade Airport--which is Federal, not county, property.

--In the second charge, a US Attorney claimed Lansky ducked a supboena, served on him while he was in Israel, to appear before a Federal grand jury (Lansky claimed to be too ill to travel, and sent a note from his doctor instead). A jury convicted him and he was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. But, his lawyer convinced an appeals court that the overzealous US Attorney had given Lansky only 48 hours to tie up his affairs in Israel and get ready for his grand jury appearance--too little time for even a well man to make preparations. The appellate court agreed, and the conviction was overturned.

--In the third charge, Fat Vinnie Teresa, a former New England mafioso turned government stoolie, testified that he delivered $100k from a London casino managed by long-term Lansky associate Vincent (Jimmy Blue Eyes) Alo, to Lansky at his home in Hallandale, FL. But, Lansky's lawyer showed proof that his client was in a Boston hospital on that date, recovering from a hernia operation; and Lansky's surgeon testified that his patient was too weak to have gotten out of bed, flown to Florida to receive the money, and flown back to Boston afterward. Lansky's lawyer asked Teresa how Lansky could have been in two places at the same time. Fat Vinnie, never the most credible witness, replied: "I dunno--maybe he had a double." Lansky was acquitted.

--The fourth charge stemmed from a $200,000 finder's fee Lansky was paid by Mobbed up hotel owner Morris Landsberg, for helping to broker the sale of the Flamingo Hotel in Vegas. Lansky was up front about the payment and declared it on his income taxes. But, the same overzealous US Attorney charged that the $200k fee proved that Lansky had a hidden ownership interest in the Flamingo, a Federal crime. This time Lansky claimed to be too sick to participate in his own defense, and a court-appointed doctor agreed. But, the US Attorney kept pressing the case. After numerous postponements due to Lansky's ill health, a judge finally ordered the case dismissed.