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1949 in organized crime

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1948 in organized crime, other events of 1949, 1950 in organized crime and the list of 'years in Organized Crime'.

Events

  • September 16 - Philip "Little Farfel" Kavolick, a member of Meyer Lansky's syndicate organization, is murdered in Valley Stream, New York.
  • November 25 - Robert "Tinman" Sneddon, notorious Irish gangster, evades police in Boston, Massachusetts after a warrant is issued for his arrest.

    • Arts and literature

  • Raoul Walsh's White Heat is released starring James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien and Virginia Mayo.

    • Births

  • Louis Eppolito, NYPD officer and mob hitman
  • Frank P. Frassetto, Rochester mobster
  • Mahmood Ozdemir, UK Turkish crime boss
  • Leonidas Vargas, Colombian drug lord
  • 24 October - Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord and Tijuana Cartel member.

    • Deaths

  • September 16 - Philip Kavolick "Little Farfel", Meyer Lansky associate and National Crime Syndicate member

    • References

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