Prohibition

Al Capone

Section 1.

After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxication liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all the territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited

18th Amendment to the US Constitution

Al Capone

• Most notorious gangster of the 20th century
   
• Inventor of money laundering
   
• Seen by himself as a business man 'providing services for which there is a demand'
   
• Dubbed 'Public Enemy No. 1'

1899

Al Capone was born

Capone quits School

1913

1920

Prohibition put in place

1919

Capone moves to Chicago

Capone becomes boss of Chicago Outfit

1925

1927

One of Capones men becomes mayor

Arrested for tax evation

1931

Prohibition ends

1932

$ 60 000 000

$ 818 400 000

per year from alcohol sales alone

sentenced to

11

years

in jail