1949 in organized crime
Appearance
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
See also