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How Did Luciano Aggregate For Prostitution
1. He avoided police capture for decades with paying off officials and
2. He spent years terrorizing the city of New York with his gambling, drug trafficking, and extortion
3. In 1936, Luciano was arrested for prostitution
4. He was accused him of running a $12 million prostitution ring in New York
5. After arresting Luciano officials brought down 80 New York City brothels and arrested thousands of prostitutes.
6. Women who were arrested named all them men who were working for Luciano
7. Luciano earned 62 counts for prostitution charges
8. Luciano had all his workers dressed in elegant dresses and their hair styled in the most extravagant ways
9. 30 women testified against Lucky and his men in open court
10. Women were told to have to spend

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