James V. LaSala
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James V. LaSala (1904-) was a New York mobster and drug trafficker.
Recruited by Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, LaSala accompanied Siegel to California as hired muscle in expanding Luciano-Lansky syndicate operations during the late-1930s. The former Brooklyn gangster became involved in drug smuggling and, by the end of the decade, LaSala was the head of syndicate drug trafficking in California and several states in the southwest (as well as a main supplier to Brooklyn mobster Joseph DiGiovanni). Named in the Kefauver Hearings as a close associate of Jack Dragna and Girolomo Adamo [1], LaSala was eventually convicted in 1954 and received a large prison term.
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- ^ Investigation of Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce: Hearings Before the Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce United States Senate. NevadaObserver.com. Retrieved on April 2, 2007.
