Large scale crime was nothing new in the roaring twenties - it goes right back to the days of the Greeks and the Romans! But in the United States, big time racketeering really took firm root in the prohibition era, when Al Capone, Bugs Moran and Crime Incorporated became household words. The day of the lone wolf criminal was gone, and crime developed into big business. It's estimated that the sum total of all damage done by lone wolf operators does not amount to one cent of the cost of streamlined twentieth century crime. However, even though prohibition came and went, organized crime still goes marching on...