In 1920 on the 18th Amendment of the prohibition of the production and sale of intoxicating alcohol went into effect; however, what most Americans did not realize was that prohibition could promote an even greater increase in crime. Those promoting Prohibition claimed families would be safe, health would be better and workers would get better jobs, but the growth of organized crime and the rise of gangster culture led to more crime, corruption and lust than the members of the Prohibition movement. could be imagined.
Crime has its origins in Sicily. Sicily faced many invading armies in the middle ages, and a secret order was built from many small groups. against them they join the Sicilians. These groups were collectively called the Mafia and later the Cosa Nostra. Each of these groups or families had their own territory to serve, inform and defend. The Mafia began to sell widespread protection at some point in Italy. The Mafia was also involved in other criminal activities, but each group still managed its own.
When Sicilian immigrants came to the United States in large numbers during the late 1800s members of the Mafia. too. The Sicilian Mafia was way ahead of others in the ethnic organization. In Italy the Mafia is well organized, experienced and already involved in politics in some parts of the country. They had precepts: You had a sickle of blood, it was a sign of silence, and there were degrees of faith in domestic situations. The Sicilian and Italian groups, because they were trained and experienced, have more first traders.
Since most immigrants were discriminated against, ethnic unity was essential. Jewish and Irish immigrant groups also grouped together in groups for the safety and care of their loved ones. There were tensions between different ethnic groups, which promoted greater organization. While other nations generally did not trust and were mostly against the idea of interracial marriage, they worked hard to keep each other out of their neighborhoods.
The American Mafia includes Sicilians and other ethnic groups and gangs. Even before the prohibition, these ethnic groups engage in criminal activity in the form of theft, repeat gambling, and prostitution. However, when prohibition began, many Americans still wanted to drink alcohol and these groups stepped in to supply the demand. .
The ban was made for many reasons. The Anti Saloon League felt alcohol was the downfall of the American family. America, too, had just experienced a large increase in taxes from the tax, which made the liquid taxes lower than those. had been He also had his own policies to promote the prohibition of Big business like Standard Oil. The first time cars would run on gasoline. It makes them angry, so that they are greatly benefited by the distillation of alcohol.
During prohibition, the demand for alcohol was at an all-time high. The number of conversations had been more than twice what it was before saloons were banned. Hell provided American criminals with any alcohol they asked for. What happened was that the average American tolerated organized criminal activity, because their willingness to drink greatly benefited the gangsters. After all, any American who consumed or transported alcohol was also breaking the law.
The ban coincides with a change in leadership in one Chicago-area gang. Torrio gang (Sullivan, 182). Alphonse Capone took over the operations and saw a great opportunity to gain wealth by supplying alcohol to Chicago and the nation. This caused a significant change in organized crime. Until the prohibition of organized crime it had been mostly a local business, the operations of the Capones turned into an international industry through the prohibition of organized crime. In addition to importing alcohol from other countries and his illegal brewing and distilling operations in Chicago, Capone organized the illegal production, distribution, and sale of alcohol nationally and internationally. He presented his business as a legitimate company that would like to distribute his product, complete with distributors, truck drivers and security.
To build his empire, Capone had to give a lot of people, including officers, judges and politicians; for a great deal of these men were sold to Capone’s company of loque-asias in order to obtain money, which otherwise would not have been very difficult. Capone was also not lacking in monetary rewards; he earned more than $100 million a year from bootlegging, and paid up to $250,000 in rewards to individual officials (Sullivan, 149). Capone’s money from bootlegging allowed him to increase production in other areas of organized crime. Several escorts have sprung up, very easy and gambling rooms.
It didn’t take him long to get involved with other gangs and crime organizations. Everyone wanted to be a part of the action. The old neighborhood boundaries were ignored. Some, such as the Purple Gang in Detroit, have even returned to stealing alcohol from other bootleggers to make it easier and more profitable. This leads to retaliation and the Purple Gang is known for its brutal violence. Some of the purple gang members also hired themselves as persecutors to friendly groups. Purple gang members played for Capone’s gang in St. Valentines Day Massacre. There were companies and betrayals among the competing groups, but they all had the same goal: to increase the money by giving more.
Although certain groups were considered enemies of each other, silence was initially enforced by the Sicilians. Generally, neither in himself nor in himself.
With lausa and politicians in their pockets, gangsters started new ventures, easier ways to make a buck, like racketeering work. Infiltrating college gangs hired different workers, paid them less and kept the difference for themselves. Because it was difficult to know who it was or who was tolerated in whose bosom; a political gangster, a political businessman or a businessman? Certainly no one. (Demaris, 3).
Gangster rivalry and gangster violence continued until and even shortly after the repeal of Prohibition in 1932. What many hoped would be profit from bootlegging, and the release of gangster organizations, also backfired. On the basis of the Sicilian crime, all the leaders of the organized crime decided to sit down and organize into syndicates, La Cosa Nostra< /a> and its borders divide
The syndicates still had a healthy rivalry between them, although the leaders joined together and the problems developed and the murders eventually decreased, as each syndicate found its niche. Most of the syndicates widely disagreed with their racketeering, prostitution, and illegal gambling operations in their territories. The most defined areas of business are drug trafficking, networks, money laundering and counterfeiting. The regulation of bootlegging worked for these industries and made it easier for gangsters to quietly transition into these crimes. The legalization of gambling in Atlantic City and Las Vegas means organized crime with a huge capacity to launder money made into an illegal business, especially drug trafficking, and gangsters are heavily involved in the industry. During the 1970s, a number of federal government shakeup investigations involved legal cases involving members of organized crime.
Prohibition continues today on gambling, prostitution and illegal drugs. Where there is a demand for illegal products and services there will be a crime and a crime associated with it. The ultimate effect of the prohibition of organized crime is that it allows those who have little experience of education or skill, and who are not afraid to break the law, to manage the public affairs with what they demand, to succeed.
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