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The Evolution of Organized Crime: Southern Beginnings and Major Participants

2. Historical Perspectives of Organized Crime in the South
Political Corruption had a larger context in the South
Provided a more powerful impetus to organized crime
Liquor and smuggling trade
Tax evasion

3. Modern Day Piracy
1990's
Maritime piracy reappeared as an organized crime enterprise
Most likely to occur in unpatrolled or lightly patrolled waterways
Pirates use corrupt officials to obtain legal documents
Criminal networks in piracy usually act as independent groups

4. Land Pirates, Horse and Slave Thieves
Primarily highwaymen who attacked and stole various merchandise
Specialized in slave stealing
Involved kidnapping slaves who had been freed, who were away from their plantation on errands, or were on the plantation grounds

5. Land Pirates, Horse and Slave Thieves
The Harpe Brothers
The Mason Gang
Farrington Brothers
Captain Gerald and his gang

6. Vice in the South Natchez-Under-the-Hill
Overlooked the Mississippi River
Consisted of gambling dens and prostitution

7. Vice in the South New Orleans Two vice districts The Vieux Carre
High-class gambling
Prostitution
Liquor Distribution Center
The Swamp
Seedy gin mills

8. Vice in the South 1987 – Alderman Sidney Story
Proposed putting prostitution in certain areas
Variety of sexual services and prices
He owned major newspapers
Prostitution banned in WWI

9. Gambling John North Gambling Casino Saloon A Brothel
Hung with roulette wheel tied to his body

10. New Orleans Street Gangs
Served as enforcers for local vice operators
Served as street workers for local politicians
The Live Oak Boys
Yellow Henry Gang

11. Procuring
Procured young girls for the prostitution trades was a major vice industry in New Orleans
Sam Purdy
Best known white slaver in the US
River Pirates
Stole young girls off keelboats and rafts and kidnapped them from their families along the wilderness trails

12. Prostitution
Organized brothels in New Orleans

13. Bootlegging and Moonshining
White Liquor
Illegally produced and distributed spirits
Red Liquor
Spirits, usually whiskey, bought legally but sold illegally in dry counties
Moonshine Enclave
Consisted of moonshiners, bootleggers, law enforcement officials, politicians, local businessmen