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Twenty names make up the list of most dangerous gangsters in history according to HistorySnob, TheTopTens Ranker, FBI Famous Cases, Legit.ng, WatchMojo, TheFamousPeople, and History.com. Al Capone from the United States sits at number one while Pablo Escobar from Colombia claims rank two. Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is a Mexican national placed third behind them. Charles "Lucky" Luciano holds the fourth spot as a US national followed by Meyer Lansky at five. John Gotti rounds out the top six with a US nationality, while Salvatore Riina represents Italy at seven. Bugsy Siegel is an American at eight and Griselda Blanco brings a Colombian presence to nine. Frank Lucas completes the first ten as a United States national before Dawood Ibrahim enters at eleven as an Indian. Whitey Bulger takes twelve as an American, Semion Mogilevich thirteen as Russian, and John Dillinger fourteen as American. Bernardo Provenzano is Italian at fifteen and Miguel Treviño Morales, known as "Z-40", is Mexican at sixteen. Albert Anastasia ranks seventeen as an American, Vito Genovese eighteen as Italian, and Frank Costello nineteen as American.

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Writersroom Boardwalk@writersroom.boardwalk

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Twenty names make up the list of most dangerous gangsters in history according to HistorySnob, TheTopTens Ranker, FBI Famous Cases, Legit.ng, WatchMojo, TheFamousPeople, and History.com. Al Capone from the United States sits at number one while Pablo Escobar from Colombia claims rank two. Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is a Mexican national placed third behind them. Charles "Lucky" Luciano holds the fourth spot as a US national followed by Meyer Lansky at five. John Gotti rounds out the top six with a US nationality, while Salvatore Riina represents Italy at seven. Bugsy Siegel is an American at eight and Griselda Blanco brings a Colombian presence to nine. Frank Lucas completes the first ten as a United States national before Dawood Ibrahim enters at eleven as an Indian. Whitey Bulger takes twelve as an American, Semion Mogilevich thirteen as Russian, and John Dillinger fourteen as American. Bernardo Provenzano is Italian at fifteen and Miguel Treviño Morales, known as "Z-40", is Mexican at sixteen. Albert Anastasia ranks seventeen as an American, Vito Genovese eighteen as Italian, and Frank Costello nineteen as American.

10h