Question

Explain how organized crime formed during Prohibition and how the U.S.

Government changed law enforcement to combat this new form of crime. Also, once
Prohibition ended, how did organized crime continue to function in America?

Be sure to explain Prohibition, Speakeasies, the FBI and labor unions in your answer.

Answer 1

"In 1920 the 18th Amendment was ratified, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating beverages within the United States. U.S. Marshals were the principal enforcing agents of the Prohibition laws until the Treasury Department created the Bureau of Prohibition in 1927."

Step-by-step explanation:

Before Prohibition, criminal gangs were local menaces, running protection rackets on neighborhood businesses and dabbling in vice entrepreneurship. But the overwhelming business opportunity of illegal booze changed everything. For one thing, sourcing and distributing alcohol is an interstate and even international enterprise. Mobsters couldn’t work in isolation if they wanted to keep the liquor flowing and maximize profits."