Who are gangsters? What are gangster gangs?

In 2013, the first season of the American TV series "The City of Gangsters" was released on TV screens. The director of this masterpiece is Frank Darabonta, known to many on the film "Walking Dead". In this tape, the main roles are played by John Berntal, Edward Burns and many others. The series tells in detail about the life of America of the 40s, shows the viewer who are gangsters, how they appeared and what they did. The main storyline is the confrontation between the police and criminal structures.

Explanation of the concept

For those who are not keen on watching such television products, but want to know who are gangsters, this article is intended. As you know, our speech is filled with a huge number of borrowed words. The term "gangster" is one of them. This word came to us from the New World. Initially, in America there were street groupings (gangster gangs). They were called gangs. The word gangster helped clarify belonging to any gang. In translation, it means "a man who is a member of a criminal group in the United States in the 20-40s of the 20th century".

Alphonse Gabrielle Capone

Residents of Chicago knows firsthand who are gangsters. On the territory of the city at one time (in the early twenties of the twentieth century) lived one of the notorious "fathers" of criminal business throughout the country. The name of this person is Al Capone. Moving with his family to Brooklyn from Naples, he brought to the criminal structure of the United States his "zest", which was raised in it by the Italian mafia. Gangsters of his organized criminal group were known for their cruelty, quick punishment and inflexibility.

It is noteworthy that the main "white" business of Al Capone was the creation and restoration of furniture. However, under such a commonplace business, bootlegging, pimping, selling drugs, weapons and gambling was hiding.

It is noteworthy that it was thanks to this criminal authority in America that laundries appeared everywhere. In order to conceal his income from the illegal business, Al Capone ordered the construction of laundromats with laundry throughout the city. The price of the services was set so low that these establishments became popular among all segments of the population. Track the number of visitors was impossible. Thus, the profit also remained unaccounted for. Thanks to this, Al Capone was able to hide his "dirty" amounts in the "clean" income of the laundry. Since that time, there has appeared a stable expression - "launder money."

"Fathers" of the criminal world in life imprisonment

Tell the story of who gangsters are, and the history of Alcatraz prison, where, in turn, he spent several years of his life Al Capone and many other gangsters. Located on an island off the coast of San Francisco, this institution during its functioning was one of the most secure and reliable of all available similar strict regime institutions. Escape from here was almost impossible. That is why the most cruel and merciless criminal elements from all over the country were sent here.

To them, in addition to the already known Al Capone, are:

1. George Kelly, nicknamed "The Machine" Kelly. He was sentenced to a life sentence for murder, kidnapping and other mafia cases. At that time, this gangster was considered the first enemy of the American state.
2. Roy Gardner is a famous gangster and thief. His "glory" he received, plundering trains. While serving his sentence, the Mafiosi wrote the book "Hell's Alcatraz", in which he told his biography, and also described the prison life of other criminal authorities.

Bandits of Chicago

In addition to gangsters who served their sentence in one of the most severe federal prisons in America, other criminal figures also entered the history. Among them - the Chicago mafia element Stanley Moore, nicknamed "The Inquisitor". His fame, like many other gangsters, was of questionable quality. He "earned his name" on the fact that he unprincipledly and rigidly "knocked out" debts from debtors. At the same time he was also responsible for the executions of those people who in any way interfered with the "rightful cause" of the gang.

In addition to Americans, among the famous gangsters of America were and immigrants from Asia. One of them was Mr. Singh. He had a special skill. He was attracted to the case if it was necessary to present the murder as an accident due to poisoning. The Asian killer used in his profession rare eastern poisons.

Another fearsome authority of that time was the Chicago gangster nicknamed "Bony Hand". Together with his assistants, he was engaged in the sale of drugs, gambling, "covert" brothels and brothels, murders and robberies.

It is noteworthy that even though these representatives of the criminal world lived almost a century ago (in the 20-40s of the 20th century), photos of gangsters in Chicago were perfectly preserved in police bases and historical archives.