<p>Bootleggers, smugglers, drug dealers, hitmen—all these occupations are the provenance of mobsters. Mobsters’ real-life crimes, and Hollywood’s fascination with them, has earned them a special place in the American imagination. From Al Capone’s Chicago crime ring and Bugsy Siegel’s Las Vegas racket to John “The Teflon Don” Gotti, these mobsters have made their names notorious from coast to coast.</p>

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