Ignatius Lanzetta was a bootlegger and member of the drug trafficking gang, Lanzetta Gang  which was formed and ran by Ignatius and his brothers in Detroit, Michigan.
His oldest brother Leo formed the Lanzetta Gang with Ignatius and their other brothers in the early 1920s. When Ignatius was released in 1940, he fled to Detroit, Michigan with his brother Lucien and their mother. 
