Organised Crime

Question 1

What is organised crime?

Answer 1

Large scale criminal activities that are planned and controlled by powerful gangs

Question 2

How did prohibition create gangsters?

Answer 2

1. Created a huge public demand for illegal alcohol.
   
   • Mafia families used prohibition to make lots of money and frequently fought for control over cities.
   • There were gangsters in every city
2. An estimated $2000 million worth of business was transferred from the brewing industry to bootlegers and gangsters.
3. Money earned forced mobsters into money laundering
   
   • Created more crime
   • Lots of Prohibition-era money was funnelled into new casinos and hotels

Question 3

Who was Al Capone?

Answer 3

1. Alphonse ‘Scarface’ Capone
2. One of the most notorious gangsters
3. Son of Italian immigrants

Question 4

What did Al Capone do?

Answer 4

1. 1920s: Ran bootlegging, prostitution and gambling rackets in Chicago.
2. Controlled city officials i.e judges through bribery and intimidation

Question 5

What was the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?

Answer 5

• Happened in 1929

- Capone ordered 4 oh his men (dressed as police officers to murder seven of his main rivals from Bugs Moran’s gang

Question 6

What was the Last Supper?

Answer 6

• Happened in 1929
• Capone personally, brutally murdered three of his most trusted men with a club after discovering their plots against him.