| Founded | 1920s |
|---|---|
| Founded by | Ben Siegel and Meyer Lansky |
| Founding location | New York, NY USA |
| Years active | 1920s — 1930s |
| Territory | Manhattan |
| Ethnicity | Jewish Americans mainly from the Lower East Side |
| Criminal activities | Murder, gambling, bootlegging, theft, racketeering, extortion |
| Allies | Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Frank Costello, Joe Adonis |
| Rivals | Waxey Gordon, Joe Masseria, Salvatore Maranzano |
The Bugs (Bugsy) and Meyer Mob was a Jewish-American street gang in Manhattan, New York City's Lower East Side. It was formed and headed by mobsters Bugsy Siegel and Meyer Lansky during their teenage years shortly after the start of Prohibition. The Bugs and Meyer mob acted as a predecessor to Murder, Inc.