1949 in organized crime
# 1949 in organized crime

## Events

* September 16 – Philip "Little Farfel" Kavolick, a member of Meyer Lansky's syndicate organization, is murdered in Valley Stream, New York.
* November 25 – Robert "Tinman" Sneddon, notorious Irish gangster, evades police in Boston, Massachusetts after a warrant is issued for his arrest.

## Arts and literature

* Raoul Walsh's White Heat is released starring James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien and Virginia Mayo.

## Births

* Louis Eppolito, NYPD officer and mob hitman
* Frank P. Frassetto, Rochester mobster
* Mahmood Ozdemir, UK Turkish crime boss
* Leonidas Vargas, Colombian drug lord
* 24 October – Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord and Tijuana Cartel member.

## Deaths

* September 16 – Philip Kavolick "Little Farfel", Meyer Lansky associate and National Crime Syndicate member
