Cabal of American criminals in mid 20th century
Factsheet
Founded Late 1920s–1930s (as a term in media and law enforcement)
Founding location United States
Years active Prohibition era–mid-20th century (as a descriptive concept)
Founded Late 1920s–1930s (as a term in media and law enforcement)
Founding location United States
Years active Prohibition era–mid-20th century (as a descriptive concept)
Wikipedia
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National Crime Syndicate - Wikipedia
February 28, 2026 - The National Crime Syndicate is a term used by journalists, law-enforcement officials, and some historians to describe informal cooperation among organized crime figures in the United States during the Prohibition era and the mid-20th century.
Grokipedia
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National Crime Syndicate — Grokipedia
January 14, 2026 - The National Crime Syndicate was a confederation of organized crime entities in the United States, chiefly comprising Italian-American Mafia families and Jewish-American gangs, forged in the late 1920s and early 1930s to supplant chaotic gang ...
National Crime Syndicate vs. The Commission - What's the difference?
From the articles the NCS was started first and only lasted about 17 years. It was composed of Italian, Jewish, Irish and African American OC. The Commission was composed of only select Italian mafia families and had great power over it's activities and guys being promoted, as mentioned in the articles, guys being made and the guy it mentioned they approved to be promoted to underboss. It also appears to still exist today. More on reddit.com
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June 29, 2019What happened to the syndicate? The national organization?
There's a great show about the decline of the American mafia and how it mirrors American society. I forget what it's called but it's on max. More on reddit.com
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December 11, 2025Who was part of the National Crime Syndicate?
There's no such thing as a "National Crime Syndicate". The Italian Mafia had (has) the Commission, with various different LCN families on it. Then there were various non-Italian groups who worked with the Italians, but none of them had the same level of power or clout as the Italians. For example, the Italians may have used some Jewish gangsters for murders, but the Jewish gangs in NYC were subservient to the Italians. There were some loose relationships between non-Italian gangs and the mafia, but there was no syndicate separate from the Commission. Even within that article on Wikipedia, one author said there's no such thing as a "National Crime Syndicate". It's just the media in the 1940s speculating but not understanding the mafia, as that was pre-Valaci and pre-Appalacian. More on reddit.com
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November 17, 2021The Syndicate
I would see them struggling. Most authoritarian governments can't ever really deal with crime they tend to repress it and, at times, even tolerate it if it's convenient. It would be a weird mix of repression and turning a blind eye. Considering they would still be dealing with rebellions, crime syndicates would survive even thrive. Many authoritarian governments do business with criminal elements. So, in this universe, I could see a lot of corruption in the reich, and with corruption, there are criminal elements like gangs and the like. More on reddit.com
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April 2, 2023Videos
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PBS
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The Syndicate | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
April 10, 2019 - The Crime Corporation The Syndicate was created to unify once competing gangs. Without the lucrative profits from the black market during Prohibition, their power was weaker and they could not afford internecine strife.
National Crime Syndicate
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On This Day in Mafia History – Mob Events, Birthdays & Hits | NCS
October 27, 2025 - The A4 Wall Calendar is now shipping across the US, Canada, UK and Europe! NATIONAL CRIME SYNDICATE · Step into the shadowy underworld where whispers of power, intrigue, and danger echo through the streets.
TV Tropes
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The Syndicate - TV Tropes
January 14, 2008 - On a semantic note, a "syndicate" is nothing illegal per definition, as it is simply a group of companies working together for mutual profit (the most immediate example would be television syndication). However, "the Syndicate" only has one meaning in modern Western popular culture. In this sense, it may have gotten its name from the so-called "National Crime Syndicate" of ethnic gangs and the similarly vague "Commission", the Real Life governing body of the American Mafia.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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Syndicate | organized crime | Britannica
1 week ago - Syndicate, in the United States, an association of racketeers in control of organized crime
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Fandom
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National Crime Syndicate | Boardwalk Empire Wiki | Fandom
The National Crime Syndicate was a multi-ethnic confederation of organized crime figures in America. In 1929, Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano called a summit of several organized crime figures in america.
National Crime Syndicate
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What was The Commission? - National Crime Syndicate
August 9, 2024 - The Commission was formed in 1931 after the Castellammarese War had come to an end, and it was invented to put order and structure into the Mafia.
YouTube
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National Crime Syndicate - YouTube
An insight into life in the Mafia, featuring mobster profiles, mafia books, movies, quotes and mob hits. Our Youtube channel is dedicated to our own full length documentaries, mini-series and other web series.
FBI
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Transnational Organized Crime | Federal Bureau of Investigation
April 18, 2026 - The FBI is dedicated to eliminating transnational organized crime groups that threaten the national and economic security of the United States. Using the criminal and civil provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the FBI works with agencies in the U.S.
Reddit
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r/Mafia on Reddit: National Crime Syndicate vs. The Commission - What's the difference?
June 29, 2019 -
Based on their respective Wikipedia articles, I understand that both of these groups have very similar power structures and the same members (more or less). So with these similarities, what really does set them apart as separate entities?
Links to articles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Crime_Syndicate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Commission_(mafia)
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From the articles the NCS was started first and only lasted about 17 years. It was composed of Italian, Jewish, Irish and African American OC. The Commission was composed of only select Italian mafia families and had great power over it's activities and guys being promoted, as mentioned in the articles, guys being made and the guy it mentioned they approved to be promoted to underboss. It also appears to still exist today.
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The NCS was the parent organization. Jewish and Irish gangsters were much more powerful during prohibition than they were afterward and the NCS was an attempt by Torrio and Luciano to prevent further bloodshed. The Commission was formed several years later by Luciano, for similar purposes, but it only applied to the Italian families. As the Italians became more dominant in the 30s and 40s, many of the Jewish gangs either became junior partners to the mafia (i.e. murder inc.) or basically disbanded. Jews assimilated so quickly into American culture that the Jewish ghettos began disappearing as early as the 1940s. By the 1950s, there were only a handful of powerful Jewish mobsters left like Myers Lansky. The NCS had really no reason to exist after a while.
Encyclopedia Britannica
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Murder, Inc. | Organized Crime, Mobsters & Gangsters | Britannica
March 26, 2026 - Murder, Inc., in popular usage, an arm of the American national crime syndicate, founded in the 1930s to threaten, maim, or murder designated victims for a price; the organization lacked an official name. Murder, Inc., was headed by Louis “Lepke” Buchalter and later by Albert Anastasia, and its
Wikipedia
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Jewish-American organized crime - Wikipedia
April 12, 2026 - The largely Jewish-American and Italian-American gang which was known as Murder, Inc. and Jewish mobsters such as Meyer Lansky, Mickey Cohen, Harold "Hooky" Rothman, Dutch Schultz, and Bugsy Siegel developed close ties with the Italian-American Mafia and gained a significant amount of influence within it; eventually, they formed a loosely organized, mostly Jewish and Italian criminal syndicate which the press named the "National Crime Syndicate."
Wikidata
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National Crime Syndicate - Wikidata
October 28, 2013 - Cabal of American criminals in mid 20th century
Reddit
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r/thesopranos on Reddit: What happened to the syndicate? The national organization?
December 11, 2025 -
In mob stories up to the 80's it seems like NY and Chicago and Detroit etc. all report to some nationwide organization who ultimately says how things go. Like a Murder Incorporated guy would have a bounty on anyone who broke a rule, no matter who they were, local boss, whoever, the organzation is bigger than that. On the Sopranos we never get wind of any higher authority than the NY five families. Even regarding making new members, they just say "New York opened the books." So like North Jersey is in New York's orbit and owes them some respect and loyalty to maintain order in the organization. There has to be a supreme commander at the top. And OK so South Jersey is in Philidelphia's orbit. But where is the national committee that is above any city's local mob? We never learn if they even exist.
Marvel Database
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National Crime Syndicate (Earth-616) | Marvel Database | Fandom
January 9, 2026 - The National Syndicate Directorate were a national confederation of criminal organizations that dominated the American underworld. They held a contest in New York City to replace their recently deceased secretary.
The Mob Museum
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Lucky Luciano - The Mob Museum
February 6, 2025 - Further, he established and hosted the first national meetings of what became known as the Commission, a national criminal syndicate, all in the name of avoiding unnecessary bloodshed and maximizing profits for all the families.
Explained
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National Crime Syndicate Explained
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 ...
Wikiwand
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National Crime Syndicate - Wikiwand
The National Crime Syndicate is a term used by journalists, law-enforcement officials, and some historians to describe informal cooperation among organized crime figures in the United States during the Prohibition era and the mid-20th century.