1954 in organized crime
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See also: 1953 in organized crime, other events of 1954, 1955 in organized crime and the list of 'years in Organized Crime'.
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[edit] Events
- With a low amount of "soldiers" and other low level members, many of New York's Five Families begin actively recruiting members after more then twenty years.
- Salvatore Bonanno, the son of mafia boss Joseph Bonanno, becomes a "made man"; an official member of the Bonanno crime family.
- March 25 - Joe Adonis is convicted of perjury and sentenced to serve two years in a federal penitentiary as well as facing a deportation order from the previous year. While he attempts to appeal the decision, Adonis offers to leave the country voluntarily as an alternative to serve the two year jail term.
- July-December - According to FBI reports, several meetings between Mafia leadership were observed in Los Angeles, California, Chicago, Illinois and Mountainside, New Jersey.
[edit] Arts and literature
- On the Waterfront (film) [1] starring Marlon Brando.
