National Crime Syndicate

National Crime Syndicate
Founded	1929
Founded by	Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky
Founding location	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
Years active	1929–1960s
Territory	United States; mainly active in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Illinois, California, Nevada, some areas of New England and Florida
Ethnicity	Mainly people of Italian, Jewish and Irish descent; to a lesser extent African-American gangsters, Polish-American gangsters, and other organized crime groups
Membership (est.)	At least 14 criminal organizations
Criminal activities	Racketeering, rum-running, extortion, bribery, drug trafficking, gambling, prostitution, robbery, fraud, money laundering, fencing, loan sharking
Allies	American Mafia; Jewish mob; Murder, Inc.;
Rivals	Several gangs in the country

The National Crime Syndicate was a multi-ethnic, closely connected, American confederation of several criminal organizations. It mostly consisted of and was led by the closely interconnected Italian American Mafia and Jewish Mob. It also involved, to a lesser extent, other ethnic criminal organizations such as the Irish Mob and African-American crime groups. Hundreds of murders were committed by Murder, Inc. on behalf of the National Crime Syndicate during the 1930s and 1940s.