James Vincenzo Capone

alcoholic drinks. Al Capone, one of the most infamous bootleggers of them all, was able to build his criminal empire largely on profits from illegal alcohol. Large profits were acquired by individuals who participated in bootlegging and speakeasies, but many of these individuals who benefited by breaking the law lost much of their gains in the stock market crash of 1928. One of the major supporters of Prohibition in the U.S. was the anti-alcohol Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The Ku Klux Clan was revived…

Prohibition outlawed the utilization, assembling, offering, and transportation of Liquor (Schultz, 2013). The United States added the eighteenth amendment to the constitution denying this action in 1919. The law took effect on the grounds that alcohol caused social and physical issues that were less than favorable for the one that was partaking and their families. A few of the conditions that were discussed while this new system was being created consisted of broken families, violations, loss…

Crime and the Roaring 20’s More than 12,000 murders occurred a year in the mid 1920’s ("The FBI and the American Gangster, 1924-1938"). The reason for this large amount of death and destruction has to do with the crime lords of the 1920’s. These gangsters had a far reaching influence on the way American society operated in the 1920’s. Things like bootlegging, gambling, and even prostitution could all be things that gangsters had operations for ("The FBI and the American Gangster, 1924-1938").…

Do you know why Prohibition made America change its mind ? Well, Prohibition was the nationwide constitutional ban of transportation, manufacture, and sell of alcohol and alcoholic beverages in the United States. Along with this, came the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act. This period in time was really unpopular because many people were repealing against the ban of alcohol. America changed their minds about Prohibition due to a rise in crimes, enforcement, and economy issues. A…

"Jazz Age" of the 1920s, caused a permanent change in the way the nation viewed authority, the court system, and wealth and class. Particularly damning was the lack of enforcement, which led to the rise of the mob and notorious criminals such as Al Capone. As a result, bootlegging became big business in the era, often as immigrants took hold of power in urban centers. “The liquor control school of thought of the 1890s–1930s offered a clear alternative to alcohol prohibition, much as today some…

Al Capone was a brave man who wasn’t scared of much of anything. He witnessed a lot of brutal happenings but also caused a lot too. He was definitely not a man you wanted to cross paths with. There was a lot more to Al Capone though. Capone was a bootlegger during the time of prohibition, which means he unlawfully made, sold, and transported alcohol. Even though Capone had a criminal background he had a big part in the ending of prohibition, which in return helped the economy. Al Capone was…

Al Capone was the most notorious gangster in American history. He and his gang made millions of dollars every year. He paid off police officers and all other types of city workers to make sure that he would never get charged with any felonies. Capone went against Prohibition laws and made most of his fortune by selling alcohol illegally. Al Capone, a vicious street gangster in Chicago, was charged with tax evasion since the FBI could not press murder charges on him. Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone…

Everyone knows the famous scarred face of the Italian Al Capone that earned him the name Scarface. Following is a brief detail of his life. Life Al Capone belonged to a relatively poor immigrant Italian family. The only way he found possible to turn the poor lifestyle of his family to a rich one was through crime. Though he belonged to a rather respectable and professional family, h turned to crime to earn his income. Early in the year 1894, Al Capone’s father came to New York amongst many…

Frank Lucas quickly became one of the most powerful and innovative organized crime bosses in the United States. Although he learned a lot from working beside Bumpy Johnson, he also changed the way organized crime operated, specifically the part that dealt with drug trafficking. Lucas knew that in order to take over for Johnson he had to break the monopoly the Italian mafia had established in New York. In order to do so, he flew straight to the Golden Triangle in South East Asia, where he had a…

Ciaccio looked over his files, researching his new clients. What he found did not impress him. Hostia Bontade was a young man who was, apparently very active in the black market. Well, at least he had quite a bit of money, as he was an heir to a powerful sicilian familia, and a lack of wits of accompany them, shown by the very obvious tracks he left behind his lawless undertakings. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “You can cheat him out of his wits,”…