The Bugs And Meyer Mob
The Bugs (Bugsy) and Meyer Mob was a Jewish-American street gang in New York's Lower East Side. It was formed and headed by mobsters Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky during their teenage years shortly after the start of Prohibition. The Bugs and Meyer mob acted as a predecessor to Murder, Inc.
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