Frank Lucas is an American.
"Many of Lucas' other claims, as presented in the film, have also been called into question, such as his being the right-hand man of Bumpy Johnson, rising above the power of the Mafia and Nicky Barnes, and being the mastermind behind the Golden Triangle heroin connection of the 1970s
" In addition, Johnson described the real-life Lucas as "illiterate, vicious, violent, and everything Denzel Washington was not

