Capone helped whisky barons beat Prohibition

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The deal was simple. Berry Brothers would legally ship their Cutty Sark Whisky into the British colonial government’s warehouses in the Bahamas. From there, the whisky would be uplifted by McCoy’s schooner and taken to the international waters off the New York/New Jersey coast.

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Exports of whisky to the Bahamas rose astonishingly during the period - from 944 gallons in 1918 to more than 386,000 gallons in 1922.

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Mr Rosie said: "The Scotch whisky industry prior to Prohibition had gone through a long period of aggressive expansion and they were determined to keep hold of the American market by any means that they could.

"They regarded Prohibition as an inconvenient legality."

Full Scotsman article here.

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