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Founded | 1870s |
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Founded by | Louis Kuehnle |
Founding location | Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ USA |
Years active | c. 1870s–1970s |
Territory | South Jersey |
Criminal activities | Racketeering, illegal gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, number writing, bribery, bookmaking, police corruption, political corruption, extortion, money laundering, smuggling, and drug trafficking |
Allies | Charlie Luciano, Johnny Torrio, Benny Siegel, Frank Hague, Walter Evans Edge, and Arnold Rothstein |
Nucky Johnson's Organization was a corrupt political machine based in Atlantic City, New Jersey that held power during the Prohibition era. Its boss, Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, coordinated the Organizations's bootlegging, gambling, racketeering, and prostitution activities.[1]