Mafia Vs Mussolini: How Gangsters Helped Overthrow Fascist Italy | Wartime Crime | Timeline

Incensed by their treatment under Mussolini’s regime and anxious to reestablish their European criminal network, a number of mafioso, including incarcerated kingpin Charles "Lucky" Luciano, offered their full support to American intelligence officers.

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