title: 1941 in organized crime
text: # 1941 in organized crime
  
  ## Events
  
  * Syndicate hitman Charles "The Bug" Workman, a suspect in the murder of Dutch Schultz, is imprisoned.
  * February – Emil Nizich, a minor organized crime figure involved in labor racketeering, is shot three times from behind and left in a gutter while on his way to a basketball game in Manhattan.
  * February 6 – Benjamin "Benny the Boss" Tannenbaum, an associate of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro, is murdered while babysitting at a friends house.
  * June 12 – Murder Inc. members Harry Strauss and Martin Goldstein are executed by electrocution for the murder of gambler "Puggy" Feinstein.
  * November 12 – Abe Reles, co-boss of Murder, Inc. turned informant, mysteriously plummets to his death from his guarded hotel room after Albert Anastasia promises a $100,000 reward for his demise.
  
  ## Births
  
  * Leoluca Bagarella "The Brother-In-Law", Sicilian mafioso
  * John F. Castagna "Sonny", Patriarca crime family associate
  * Salvatore D'Aquilla "Butch", Patriarca crime family associate
  * Tino Fiumara, Genovese crime family member
  * Antonio L. Spagnolo, Patriarca crime family soldier
  * 11 September – Marcello Dell'Utri, Italian politician and mafia associate
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * February – Emil Nizich, New York mobster
  * February 6 – Benjamin Tannenbaum "Benny the Boss", associate of Louis Buchalter and Jacob Shapiro
  * June 12 – Martin Goldstein, Murder, Inc. hitman
  * June 12 – Harry Strauss, Murder, Inc. hitman
  * November 12 – Abe Reles "Kid Twist", Murder, Inc. hitman and government informant
  