Verkkoin the past two decades the criminal activity and power of lcn in united states society has been substantially reduced (jacobs, 2019). As chronicled by demos (2021), the notorious mafia. Verkkofor half a century, the american mafia outwitted, outmaneuvered, and outgunned the fbi and other police agencies, wreaking unparalleled damages to america's social fabric and business enterprises. Verkkoon october 18, 1931, capone was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in federal prison. He served his time in the cook county jail and the atlanta and alcatraz federal prisons. Verkkoin this essay i describe their rise and fall. The academic and popular treatment of organized crime in the united states, including in this essay, overwhelmingly focuses on italian american mafia or cosa nostra “families. ”
