mafia+during+the+1930s

Beginning in the 1930's, organized crime began to develope. Many of the Italian American families started to take control over a large percent of crime such as drug trafficing, homicides, prostitution, and the sale of bootleg alcohol. Other rival crime families were becoming very hostile to these new Italian criminals which resulted in large conflicts in the crime network.

During the late 1920's and early 30's, Al Capone controled almost all organized crime in Chicago. He was known as one of the most famous and feared gangsters in American history. Al Capone was in control of the Italian mob in Chicago and he had the power to do almost anything in this city that arguably belonged to him. Because the government was unable to put Al Capone away for his activity in the mafia, they put together a team of federal agents called the Untouchables. The Untouchables put together a tax-evasion case against Al Capone to get him off the streets for as long as possible. In 1931 Capone was finally charged with tax-evasion and sent to prison for eleven years.