Al Capone was an essential player during the prohibition era and is largely responsible for the growth of organized crime (mafia). Involving himself with mob leaders and eventually moving up the chain of power himself, he ruled the majority of business associated with crime in Chicago during the 1920s. Without prohibition, Al Capone would not have been as successful of a business leader as he was. And without Al Capone, prohibition wouldn't have been so readily repealed in 1933. He also helped to shape mafia into a business like organization. Leading his gang to huge profits utilizing the…
