Organized Crime
by Andrew Shuler
1. Growth
1.1. "racket" gangsters bribed police or government officials to ignore illegal acts
1.2. as gangs tried to expand, gang wars happened and many people were killed
1.3. bootlegging organizations moved into bigger things than just distributing liquor
2. Al Capone
2.1. most notorious gangster
2.2. owned a lot of money from bootlegging
2.3. could easily pay off judges, officials, or police
2.4. government tried to fight back by creating the Bureau of Investigation
