USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -George Remus was the biggest bootlegger of the Prohibition era, but his reign was short-lived. How did it all come crashing down around him?

Detailed explanation-2: -The most notorious example was the Chicago gangster Al Capone, who earned a staggering $60 million annually from bootleg operations and speakeasies. Such illegal operations fueled a corresponding rise in gang violence, including the St.

Detailed explanation-3: -The earliest bootleggers began smuggling foreign-made commercial liquor into the United States from across the Canadian and Mexican borders and along the seacoasts from ships under foreign registry.