Luciano blev i 1936 tiltalt for [[menneskehandel]] (tvangsprostitution),<ref>Stolberg, p. 133</ref><ref name=":0" /> og han blev samme år dømt for 62 tilfælde af tvangsprostitution<ref name="five families book"/><ref name="Nov. 1, 2015">{{cite journal |title=How prosecutors brought down Lucky Luciano |url=https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/how_prosecutors_brought_down_lucky_luciano |journal=American Bar Association Journal}}</ref><ref name="luciano convicted">{{cite news|title=Lucania Convicted with 8 in Vice Ring on 62 Counts Each |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/06/08/87947415.pdf|access-date=17. juni 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times|date=8. juni 1936}}</ref> og idømt mellem 30 og 50 års fængsel.<ref name="l_trial">{{cite web |url=http://www.lucianotrial1936.com/codef.html |title=Luciano Trial Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131202519/http://www.lucianotrial1936.com/codef.html |archive-date=31. januar 2009}}</ref><ref name="luciano sentence">{{cite news|title=Lucania Sentenced to 30 to 50 Years; Court Warns Ring|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/06/19/93521980.pdf|access-date=17. juni 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19. juni 1936}}</ref>
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