1906 in organized crime
See also:
1905 in organized crime,
other events of 1906,
1907 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in organized crime'.Events
- Lupo the Wolf is arrested and charged with kidnapping Tony Bonzuffi, the son of an East Side banker and suspected Black Hand victim.
- Paul Kelly's nightclub Little Naples is forced to close under pressure from reform movements.
- Louis "Louie the Lump" Pioggi joins the Five Points Gang at age seventeen. Within two years he would become a prominent gunman within the gang.
- Nicola Gentile becomes a member of the Philadelphia crime family.
- Charles "Lucky" Luciano, then nine-years-old, immigrates to New York with his family.
Arts and literature
- The Story of the Kelly Gang
Births
- February 24 - Anthony Anastasio, New York Waterfront leader for the Gambino crime family
- February 28 - Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Meyer Lansky associate, Murder, Inc. member, and Las Vegas casino owner
- March 28 - Antonino Joseph "Joe Batters" Accardo, boss of the Chicago Outfit
- October 9 - William "Smokes" Aloisio, Chicago Outfit member and syndicate hitman
