Roaring+20's+Organized+Crime

Roaring 20's Organized Crime



“Criminal organizations sometimes arise in closely knit immigrant groups that do not trust the local police and other authorities.” The rise in organized crime began in the Prohibition era or the 1920s One of the most infamous Gangs was the one headed by Al-Capone in Chicago Wars among different gangs produced many gruesome killings that made headlines in many newspapers Arrests were difficult though because everyone was under the code of silence. Code of silence= no told on anyone everyone “button-lipped” also gangsters had connections and could pay their way out if they were important enough Capone “Public Enemy Number One” couldn’t be convicted until the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre He went to jail for 11yrs then released for income tax evasion Illegally making, selling, and transporting booze wasn’t profitable enough Gangsters moved on to Prostitution, gambling, and drugs. 1930 the estimated amount of money generated by Mobs was at $18billion several times more than the federal government at that time.

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