Short-Term Effects Of Prohibition
This lead to the increase of organized crime during prohibition because bootleggers could buy and sell alcohol. [1] These bootleggers were able to make a large profit from selling alcohol. They smuggled alcohol in from Mexico and Canada and then sold it at speakeasies. There were a few things the contributed to the rise in crime in 1930s. The crime wave was the result of the government policy prohibition. The Prohibition created an unwanted response as a school for organized crime.