When Sen. Estes Kefauver closed his two-year investigation of organized crime in America (1950-51), he named Abner "Longy" Zwillman as America's top gambling czar. I'd add Arnold Rothstein, although he was also into opium smuggling. Rothstein had immense political power.


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.