Jack of Harts

Prohibition during the Roaring Twenties quickly went from being wildly popular to amazingly irrelevant in a matter of years. The rich had purchased stockpiles of liquor before the ban went into effect, and the mafias operated undercover bars where everybody could flaunt the law. Police forces and federal agencies unprepared for the rise of organized crime were unable to stem the tide of violent crime linked to the smuggling of alcohol.