In the treacherous waters of the Volstead blockade, a swaggering old sea captain has made a killing, landing a staggering 200,000 cases of whiskey in New York alone since he began running the blockade. According to the captain, his syndicate cleaned up an estimated eight million dollars in profits in just one year. The figures are mind-boggling, a testament to the brazen and lucrative world of rum smuggling that has flourished under Prohibition.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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