history, prohibtion
The general merchandisers.
prohibition, the 18th Amendment
People selling goods to the miners profited most from the gold rush since they sold it for a high price.
France
Bootlegging alcohol, yes. Bootlegging trademarked or copyrighted material, it depends on the item that was bootlegged in some cases.
Criminals and corrupt public officials.
Bootlegging was the unlawful sale of alcoholic beverages. You might smuggle a flat whiskey bottle in the top of your boots- bootlegging.
Large plantation owners
Organized crime groups profited from bootlegging and speakeasies during Prohibition by supplying illegal alcohol and controlling the distribution networks. They charged high prices, forced businesses to pay for protection, and engaged in violence against competitors to maintain their dominance in the black market. Additionally, some organized crime groups used the profits from bootlegging to expand their criminal enterprises into other illicit activities.
most of the businesses of mafias are bootlegging, prostitution, illegal gambling and smuggling.
organized crime ran most of the bootlegging from 1920-33
italy