06 - Havana Conference attendees.

Havana Conference attendees.  List of the organized crime figures who attended the Havana Conference on December 20, 1946 at the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba.   Hosts:  - Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, former Luciano family boss, former chairman, founder and member of the Commission. Luciano was living in Naples, Italy. After the meeting he was named United States’ boss of bosses.  - Meyer "The Little Man" Lansky, Jewish Syndicate boss, a top financial and gambling operations advisor for the Italian mafia in America and casino operations front man (Las Vegas, Cuba, Bahamas).  New York-New Jersey delegation:  - Frank "The Prime Minister" Costello, Luciano family boss, Commission member.  - Gaurino "Willie Moore" Moretti, Luciano family underboss.  - Salvatore “The Pope” Pellegrino, Luciano family consigliere and future front boss.  - Vito "Don Vito" Genovese, Luciano family caporegime and future boss.  - Giuseppe "Joe Adonis" Doto, Luciano family caporegime.   - Anthony "Little Augie Pisano" Carfano, Luciano family caporegime.  - Michele "Big Mike" Miranda, Luciano family caporegime and future consigliere.  - Albert "The Mad Hatter" Anastasia, Mangano family underboss and future boss.  - Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno, Bonanno family boss, charter Commission member.  - Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese, Gagliano family underboss and future boss.  - Giuseppe "The Old Man" Profaci, Profaci family boss, charter Commission member.  - Giuseppe "Fat Joe" Magliocco, Profaci family underboss.  Chicago delegation:  - Anthony "Joe Batters" Accardo, Chicago Outfit boss, Commission member.  - Charles "Trigger Happy" Fischetti, Chicago Outfit consigliere.  - Sam Giancana, Chicago Outfit front boss.  Buffalo delegation: - Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino, Buffalo family boss, charter Commission member.  New Orleans delegation:  - Carlos "Little Man" Marcello, New Orleans family boss (some mob historians[who?] dispute his position at this time).   Tampa delegation:  - Santo "Louie Santos" Trafficante Jr., Tampa family caporegime, moved to Havana in 1946 to oversee La Cosa Nostra and Tampa family casino and business interests, future Tampa family boss.  Jewish Syndicate delegation:  - Abner "Longy" Zwillman, New Jersey Jewish Syndicate boss, National Syndicate Commission member.  -  Morris "Moe" Dalitz, Cleveland Jewish Syndicate boss, casino front man (Desert Inn, Las Vegas).  - Joseph "Doc" Stacher, New Jersey Jewish Syndicate boss, casino front man (Sands Hotel, Las Vegas).  - Philip "Dandy Phil" Kastel, Jewish Syndicate boss, Frank Costello's Louisiana slots operations and Tropicana Casino, Las Vegas partner.   Entertainment:  - Frank Sinatra.  Sidenote.  While Luciano knew that Vito Genovese had tipped off the U.S. government to his whereabouts in Cuba, he did not live to learn that it was "Joe Bananas" Bonanno who revealed to New York City newspapers as to Luciano's whereabouts in Cuba in February 1947. Joseph Bonanno was a respected and feared Don, who was ruthless, ambitious and had aspired to being crowned capo di tutti capi (boss of all bosses) like his former boss and mentor Salvatore Maranzano. This information of Joseph Bonanno's treachery was picked up by former FBI agent William Roemer, who was given the information by several of his former FBI colleagues. Bill Roemer details this on pages 132-42 in his 1990 book, War of the Godfathers.  In popular culture.  The film The Godfather Part II has an homage to the Havana Conference when Michael Corleone travels to Havana to have a meeting with several other mob bosses. Bugsy also has the climactic debate and decision on whether to and when to execute Bugsy Siegel set at the Hotel Nacional. Wikipedia: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.This episode includes AI-generated content.