1902 in organized crime
# 1902 in organized crime

## Events

* Black Hand leader Giuseppe Morello is released from prison and begins counterfeiting operations to smuggle counterfeit $5 US dollar bills from Sicily into New York.
* December 1 – New York District Attorney William Travers Jerome orders a raid on gambling racketeer Richard Canfield's illegal gambling resort.

## Births

* Settimo Accardi, New Jersey Mafia enforcer
* Angelo DeCarlo, Caporegime in the Genovese crime family
* Peter Magaddino, Joe Bonanno bodyguard and nephew of Stefano Magaddino
* Joseph Stacher, New York organized crime leader and Meyer Lansky associate.
* July 4 – Meyer Lansky [Maier Sucholjansky], Mafia financial advisor
* August 24 – Carlo Gambino, Gambino crime family Don and National Crime Commission director
* September 26 – Albert Anastasia [Umberto Anastasio] "Lord High Executioner"/"The Mad Hatter", Mangano crime family leader and member of Murder, Inc.
* November 22 – Joe Adonis (Joseph Doto), National Crime Syndicate member
