Prohibtion
Publié le 29/12/2013
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On of the most popular mafioso was Al capone.
He was an American gangster and a Mafioso of
Sicilian origin who managed the market of alcohol of Chicago .
He led a Prohibition-era crime
syndicate .
So he is a symbol of the prohibition and the bootlegging .
Al capone was arrested by Eliot Ness ( An
agent of the American treasure ) for tax evasion and was condemned for 10-year-old of prison to
Alcatraz .
The fight against the illegal market of alcohol was not very effective, because the police and the
judges were corrupted by the mafia.
The FBI chief was accused to be corrupted.
The absence of taxes on the alcohol is a lack in gained by 500 million dollars every year.
III) The end of prohibition
The opponents as the Against the prohibition Amendment ( AAPA ) association moved forward
several arguments: the limitation of the personal freedoms, the ineffectiveness of the law, the loss of
income on taxes and increase of the unemployment.
It was an important question with the economic
crisis of the 30’s.
The national prohibition act also known as the Volstead Act was amended to authorize drinks little
alcoholized as light beers thanks to Blaine Act of February 17th, 1933.
The 18th amendment was re -
moved during the same year by the ratification of the 21th amendment of the Constitution.
It can -
celled the national prohibition in the United States.
When the prohibition stopped, the organized crime lost an important part of its income bound to the
black market of alcohol, the direct consequence of the competition of alcoholic drinks on open sale
in moderate prices.
It retrained then into the sale of the other illegal drugs, the games and the prosti -
tution.
The prohibition inspired fictions like :
- The untouchables (les incorruptible) by Brian de Palma in 1987
- Once Upon a Time in America (Il était une fois en Amérique) by Sergio Leone 1984
- Boardwalk empire (TV show)..
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