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57 Who’s Who? [ix]<br />

The Lansky Crime Syndicate<br />

Meyer Lansky - Chief executive officer and de facto "treasurer" of the<br />

international crime syndicate; active in gun-running on behalf of the Israeli<br />

underground; collaborated closely with American intelligence on a number<br />

of fronts; later settled in Israel. Researchers who have claimed that "The<br />

Mafia Killed JFK" have pointedly refused to acknowledge Lansky's<br />

preeminent positioning in the underworld. (See Chapter 7)<br />

Carlos Marcello - The head of the Mafia in New Orleans, Marcello owed<br />

his status to Meyer Lansky who was his chief sponsor in the crime<br />

syndicate. Marcello could not have orchestrated the JFK assassination—as<br />

some suggest—without Lansky's explicit approval. (See Chapter 10)<br />

Seymour Weiss - Meyer Lansky's New Orleans bagman and liaison with<br />

the Louisiana political establishment served as a director of the CIA-linked<br />

Standard Fruit company. He appears to have been a high-ranking CIA asset<br />

in New Orleans at the time of the JFK assassination. (See Chapter 15)<br />

Santo Trafficante, Jr. - Although best known as the head of the Mafia in<br />

Tampa, Trafficante actually functioned as Meyer Lansky's chief lieutenant<br />

in the crime syndicate and as Lansky's liaison with the CIA in the Castro<br />

assassination plots. (See Chapter 12)<br />

Sam Giancana - Longtime Chicago Mafia leader, Giancana was a player in<br />

the CIA-Mafia plots against Castro, working under the direction of the real<br />

"boss" of the crime syndicate in Chicago, Mossad-connected Hyman<br />

Lamer, a partner of national crime chief Meyer Lansky. (See Chapter 11)<br />

Johnny Rosselli - A roving "ambassador" for the Mossad-connected<br />

Chicago Mafia, Rosselli was the primary conduit between the CIA and the<br />

mob in the plots against Fidel Castro; may have arranged the murder of Sam<br />

Giancana and was later murdered himself. (See Chapter 11)<br />

Mickey Cohen - Meyer Lansky's West Coast henchman; Jack Ruby's role<br />

model and a gun-runner for the Israeli underground, Cohen collaborated<br />

closely with Israeli diplomat Menachem Begin prior to the JFK<br />

assassination; Cohen arranged for John F. Kennedy to meet actress Marilyn<br />

Monroe who was assigned the task of finding out JFK's private views and<br />

intentions toward Israel. (See Chapter 13)<br />

Jack Ruby - A long-time functionary for the Lansky syndicate, Ruby was<br />

the Lansky connection man in Dallas and also engaged in CIA-linked gunrunning<br />

to the anti-Castro Cuban exiles. Evidence suggests there is more to<br />

Ruby's sudden "death" than meets the eye. (See Chapter 14)

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