Ri s e to p o w er B y t h e l ate 1 9 2 0s, Ana sta s i a h ad b ec om e a top l e ader of t h e Int e rn ati on al Lo ng sh o re me ns As so cia ti on (I L A), co n trollin g s i x un i on loca l ch a p ters in Bro ok lyn. An a sta sia alli ed hi ms elf w it h Giu s ep pe Jo e th e Bo ss Ma ss e r i a, a p o w e r ful g an g l e ader in B ro ok lyn. A na sta si a so on be cam e close ass o cia t es w it h fu tu re C os a No str a bo ss es Jo e A don i s, C h ar les Lu ck y L u cia no, V it o Ge n ov es e, a nd Fran k Co st ello.[2] In 1 9 2 8, A n a sta s i a wa s ch ar ged w it h a mu rd er in Bro ok lyn, b ut t h e w it n e ss e s e it her di s ap pe ar ed o r re fus ed t o testify in court.[2] C as tell a m mar e s e W ar In 1 9 3 0, Lu c i a no fin ali zed hi s pla ns t o t ak e o ver t h e organ iz ed c rim e ra ck et s in N ew Y or k by de str o ying th e t w o o ld-lin e Ma fia fact i on s head ed by Ma ss er i a a nd S al va tor e Ma ran z an o. Lu cia no o ut lin ed hi s p lot t o Ana sta si a, who jo i ned hi m and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel in the plot. Anastasia assured Luciano that he would kill everyone for Luciano to reach the top. Anastasia knew that if Luciano ran the National Crime Syndicate, he would eventually get a piece of the action. By this point, Luciano had secretly given his support to Maranzano. On April 15, 1931, Anastasia allegedly participated in Masserias murder. Luciano had lured Masseria to a meeting at a Coney Island, Brooklyn restaurant. During their meal, Luciano excused himself to go to the restroom. As soon as Luciano was gone, Anastasia, Vito Genovese, Joe Adonis, and Bugsy Siegel rushed into the dining room and shot Masseria to death. The war ended and Maranzano was the winner.[3] No one was ever indicted in the Masseria murder. In Maranzanos subsequent reorganization of New Yorks mafia into its current Five Families, Anastasia was appointed underboss of the crime family of Vincent Mangano, the modern Gambino crime family.[4] In September 1931, Maranzano was himself murdered and Luciano became the preeminent mobster in America.[5] To avoid the power struggles and turf disputes that led to the Castellammarese War, Luciano established the National Crime Syndicate, consisting of the major family bosses from around the country and the so-called five families of New York. The Syndicate was meant to serve as a deliberative body to solve disputes, carve up and distribute territories, and regulate lucrative illegal activities such as racketeering, gambling, and bootlegging (which came to a close with the repeal of Prohibition in 1933). The Italian-American Mafia had their own body, known as the Commission.[6] In 1932, Anastasia was indicted on charges of murdering another man with an ice pick, but the case was dropped due to lack of witnesses. In 1933, Anastasia was charged with killing a man who worked in a laundry; again, there were no witness willing to testify.[2]
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