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ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920s

Launching Point January 17, 1920 -18th Amendment added to the Constitution banning alcohol Bootleggers

Bootleggers Mexico Canada Caribbean “Moonshine”

Speakeasies

Alphonse “Al” Capone Chicago’s no. 1 gangster Illegally distributed alcohol 60-100 million dollars per year Bribed police and government officials

Joseph Bonanno Joseph Columbo

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