Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone born January 17, 1899, died January 25, 1947, was a Chicago American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. Prohibition-era was when in the United States, from 1919 and 1933, the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages banned because of the 18th Amendment. This group was committed to carrying goods into a country illegally and alcoholic beverage that has been smuggled or illegally distilled and other illegal activities. Capone eventually incarcerated at Alcatraz federal prison, for tax evasion. The cover that Capone used for his business was a used-furniture dealer.
Mafias
The Mafia used to depict a quantity of criminal organizations all over the globe. The original organization to assume identify of Mafia was establish in Sicily, the Sicilian Mafia, recognized as members as Cosa Nostra. The American Mafia recognized to be in the United States. Other influential organizations portrayed in the same way as mafias include the Russian Mafia, Chinese Triads, Albanian Mafia, Bosnian
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