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There were two forces in NYC in the 1920's-30's. They were the Irish and the Italian mobs and both ran the bootlegs operations, prostitution houses, loansharks, and gambling. Interesting enough JFK's great grandfather was a Irish bootlegger and he gained the Kennedy wealth at this time. Eventually the mob ran people for office and were able to control or bribe the police department. The Italian mob was so powerful and controlled the docks that the United States government went to them during WW2 to help with protection of the NY docks.

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