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Scarface and the rise of federal crime pressure in prohibition era
The article profiles Scarface and other gangsters as the era shifts from bootlegging to kidnapping narcotics and tax evasion. It notes how federal prosecutions, shifting profits, and new enforcement methods reshape underworld power and public danger in cities from Boston to Detroit.
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Atlanta
Scarface
No. 1
Croesus al Capone
the Scarface
Mexico
Solomon
Boston
Finis
Chicago
Detroit
Canada
Purple Gang
St. Paul
Minn
Kansas City
Floyd
West
Jesse James
New York City
Jack
Diamond
Catskill Mountains
Schultz
New York
Bronx
Underworld
Cook County
Illinois
United States
Uncle Sam
North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc
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