Mafia of the 1920’s

The Sicilian and Italian immigrants during the early 1920 had tried to establish their residence in the United States for forming a criminal organization. The immigrants had the intention to have their criminal organization to be reestablished from fresh palette. It is by forming the American Criminal Society that this group was able to succeed in its mission.

The American Mafia

They are regarded to be an Italian American criminal society and also popularly called Cosa Nostra or La Cosa Nostra. It was until the Prohibition was introduced, this group had very limited activities. Prohibition here is stated to be a law, which forbid sale of alcohol. An atmosphere was thus created upon passing this specific law, which only worsened the situation, thereby giving birth to some of the most exploited of all mafia related activities. The Prohibition within few years of its introduction was regarded to be a complete failure, while alcohol distribution entirely came into the hands of the Mafia members in the United States, as a whole.

Emergence of Mafia Families

The 1920 Prohibition Era is regarded to be a period when Mafia activities had been depicted to be at its peak. The U.S., in 1920s were said to have become provinces for various criminal organizations and the mafia leaders and members. Mafia activities got provoked across the globe after the Soviet bloc had opened up after the Second World War. This gave emergence to great Mafia leaders like Peter Licavoli, Bugs Moran, Al Capone, Johnny Torrio and Dutch Schultz, who had ruled the mafia world and criminal rackets of that period. They had formed own families to run organized crime and to smuggle liquor and to have an iron hand over their respective cities. Moreover, they also fought for power and command over a city or area against the other Mafia members, thereby leading to blood bath and death in most of the American cities.

Life of Al Capone

During the 1920s, he had ruled North-eastern part of the United States. He was given a nickname of ‘Scarface’. He has an important place in Mafia history and had ruled between 1920 and 1931 during the Prohibition Era. He had a made a name for himself as the most notorious Mafia gangster of the century. He had become a popular subject for several movies, games, articles and books. ‘The Godfather’, a famous movie provides a glimpse of the origin and culture of the Mafia world of the 1920s.