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Al Capone might be one of the most infamous figures in American history, but to his four grandchildren, he was simply "Papa." Al’s only son, Albert Francis "Sonny" Capone, had four daughters with his ...
In his early twenties, Capone moved to Chicago and became a bodyguard of Johnny Torrio, head of a criminal syndicate that illegally supplied alcohol —the forerunner of the Outfit—and was politically protected through the Unione Siciliana. A conflict with the North Side Gang was instrumental in Capone's rise and fall.
Al Capone was an American Prohibition-era gangster who dominated organized crime in Chicago from 1925 to 1931. In 1931 Capone was indicted for federal income-tax evasion and was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
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Capone ran a Prohibition-era multi-million-dollar Chicago operation in gambling, bootlegging and prostitution from 1925 to 1931. He has been immortalised in numerous films and books, and inspired countless more, such as the 1983 film Scarface starring Al Pacino
Al Capone seized the opportunity created by Prohibition and rose to national infamy, becoming both a feared mob boss and a symbol of America's failed social experiment.
Al Capone: The rise and fall of the world's most notorious gangster
Capone waged bloody turf wars to expand his criminal empire and monopolize the illegal alcohol trade. In 1927, Capone‘s main bootlegging rival, the North Side Gang, carried out a series of hit attempts on Capone and his associates.