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Famous Examples of Organized Crime

Organized crime was and still is today very prominent in our society. Whether its alcohol bootlegging in the the 1920's during prohibition, cocaine distribution in the 1970's, or our current mafia's. Its also shown in our pop culture with movies and telvision such as Scarface, The Godfather, American Gangster, The Sopranos, and much more. S ome may believe it's been exterminated, but organized crime still exists with us.
 * Examples
 * **Bonnie and Clyde-** Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were the notorious crime couple during the great depression. The two, along with their gang, commited more than a hundred fellonies including countless armed robberies, bank robberies, kidnapping, and murder. They were ultimately shot down after a nation wide head hunt on May 23, 1934 in Sailes, Louisiana.
 * [[image:bonnie-and-clyde.jpg width="141" height="171" caption="Bonnie and Clyde"]]
 * **John Gotti-** John Gotti (aka The Dapper Don or Teflon Don) was the head honcho of the Gambino Crime Family from 1985-1992. On April 2, 1992, he was convicted for 13 murders, conspiracy, racketeering, obstruction of justice, gambling, extortion, tax evasion, and loansharking. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Even before this, he served time from 1968-1972 for conspiracy to steal merchandise, truck hijackings, and cigarette hijacking worth $50,000. In 2002, he died in jail of throat cancer.
 * [[image:gotti4.jpg width="219" height="167" caption="John Gotti"]]
 * **George Kelly Barnes-** Machine Gun Kelly was at large during America's Prohibition. He was arrested On September 26, 1933 for kidnapping Charles Uschel, the business man and oil tycoon. Kelly recieved $200,000 in ransom for the taking. He was sentenced to life in prison and died of a heart attack on his own birthday, July 18, 1954. His other crimes include bootlegging, armed robbery, and conspiracy.
 * [[image:machine-gun-kelly-1-sized.jpg width="164" height="164" caption="Machine Gun Kelly"]]
 * **John Dillinger-** John Dillinger is known as Public Enemy No. 1. He was our first big mobster during the Great Depression era. Many say he was America's very first celebrity, even called our own Robin Hood. The american people were infatuated with him and were oddly against the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover. John Dillinger specialized in bank robberies. He along with his gang robbed 24 banks, where in one case he killed two dozen people. They also burgled police station arsenals. Dillinger was sent to jail twice, and escaped both times. Eventually the FBI caught him in Chicago at the Biography Theatre. He tried to flee, but was shot three times and died.[[image:Dillingerwantedposter.jpg width="175" height="247" caption="John Dillinger"]]
 * **Frank Lucas-** In the late 1960's into the 1970's, Frank Lucas was the biggest heroin dealer in Harlem. What was different about Frank was his method of smuggling drugs into the US. He had a direct connection to his source in Asia, and claims to have shipped heroin in replications of soldier coffins. He was arrested in New Jersey in 1975 and sentenced to 70 years prison time. He then provided information on other drug lords in 1977 and was placed with his family into the witness protection program. He was later released on parole. In 1984 he got caught again with heroin and cocaine and served another 7 years. He was finally released in 1991.
 * [[image:FrankLucas75.jpg width="110" height="163" caption="Frank Lucas"]]
 * [[image:FrankLucas75.jpg width="110" height="163" caption="Frank Lucas"]]