What was Vito's major illegal business in the 1920s?
Bootlegging
Racketeering
Loan Sharking
Money Laundering
Answer
Bootlegging, the illicit production and distribution of alcoholic beverages, was Vito's primary illegal enterprise during the 1920s, a period marked by the Prohibition era in the United States. Vito capitalized on the demand for alcohol despite its legal ban, establishing a lucrative network that supplied speakeasies and other establishments with illegal liquor, turning him into a formidable figure in the criminal underworld of the time.
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