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The moment 'Lucky' Luciano's luck ran out: Black-and-white pictures of notorious mob leader and the high class prostitutes who led to his arrest
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
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He evaded police capture for decades, terrorising the city of New York with his gambling, drug trafficking and extortion - and rising to the Mafia's helm.
But these photographs capture the moment Charles 'Lucky' Luciano - the Italian-born gangster considered the father of modern organised crime - was finally caught by police.
The images, now archived at the New York City Department of Records, include his mug shot and incriminating pictures of the high class prostitutes he was accused of employing.
In , Luciano was dragged before a judge after prosecutor Thomas E.
Dewey - who would later run for president - accused him of running a $million-a-year prostitution ring in New York.
Caught: Gangster Charles Luciano in a February mugshot after he was arrested for leading a prostitution ring.
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