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1 ORGANIZED CRIME OF THE 1920s

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

3 Bootleggers Mexico Canada Caribbean “Moonshine”

4 Speakeasies

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

6 Joseph Bonanno Joseph Columbo

7 Citations

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