Meyer Lansky "The Untouchable" Falls - Family, Power & a Battle for Legacy Unlisted Video

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A good Lansky movie that starts in 1950 when he was investigated by the Kefauver Committee, "part of a broader effort to expose and combat the influence of the mob across the United States." Not long after that, he was indicted for the first time, breaking his aura of invincibility. Gov't starting coming after his casinos with the House CMT, and he moved to Cuba after the Batista coup to be Batista's casino advisor.
"Meyer Lansky involvement with Batista" AI timeline:

Meyer Lansky's involvement with Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba, spans several key years:
1946: Lansky entered into an agreement with Batista to expand organized crime's gambling operations in Cuba. Batista granted the mob full control of all casinos and horse racing in exchange for regular kickbacks and bribes.
1946-1947: Lansky made several trips to Havana to direct and coordinate his Cuban interests, although he generally preferred to manage his affairs from New York City, Miami, or Las Vegas.
1950: Lansky testified before a Senatorial committee investigating interstate mob crime. The committee shut down his illegal gambling operations in Broward but did not know about his dealings with Batista.
1952: Following Batista's coup and facing legal troubles in the U.S., Lansky returned to Cuba as Batista's "adviser on gambling reform" to clean up and modernize casinos, which were scaring tourists away.
1958: On New Year's Eve, while Batista was preparing to flee to the Dominican Republic, Lansky was celebrating the $3 million he made in the first year of operations at his 440-room, $8 million palace, the Habana Riviera.

So this starts at the right time to understand his position toward the Kennedies.

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