For decades, crime dramas have attracted viewers who become immersed in dark criminal behind-the-scenes activities that present power conflicts, ethical problems, and risky double-crosses.

Prohibition, under the 18th Amendment, prevented the legal manufacture, sale & distribution of alcoholic beverages in the US ...

Without the lucrative profits from the black market during Prohibition ... authorities were very often just as intertwined with organized crime as the gangsters being investigated.

SHEBOYGAN – During Prohibition, which banned the production ... Bootleg liquor became common via organized crime groups, which built many hidden stills and other production facilities all ...