Capturing Al Capone
For years, Al Capone ruled Chicago's underworld with near impunity—bootlegging, bribery, and violence keeping him one step ahead of the law. But in the end, it wasn't a dramatic shootout or a daring raid that brought him down—it was paperwork. In this episode of History Shorts, we follow the painstaking investigation that finally cornered Capone, led in part by Treasury agents and the relentless work of men like Eliot Ness and the lesser-known financial investigators who tracked his hidden income. As prosecutors built their case, they turned to an unexpected weapon: tax evasion. This is a…
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