Originally posted by DonEthereal_313:
[quote]Originally posted by XJimmy the GentX:
[b] They also mentioned how the mafia struck a deal with the U.S. Government to use ports and extra ammunition to fight the war in order for the release of Lucky Luciano. Its good stuff.
Did this really happen? Call me a idiot, but I'm not to good on Mob history. Did Lucky Luciano get realeased becuase of this? Or is it just something else that's been ground out of the rumor mill?
-Ethereal [/b][/quote]Getting Luciano released from prison had nothing to do with the JFK assassination. He died in 1962. It concerned his involvement during WW2 while he was in prison.
Luciano reportedly ensured that there were no labor troubles on the docks of New York that would hinder the war effort. He is also said to have called on his friends in Sicily to gather information of German troop movement, and to harass the Germans. evidence confirming his cooperation came out after the war. The mafia in Sicily wanted the Germans out so they could return to making money. In exchange, Govenor Dewey commuted his sentence after the war on the condition that he be deported to Italy. He was deported in 1946.
