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The Purple Gang

The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugar House Gang, was a criminal mob of bootleggers and hijackers composed predominantly of Jewish gangsters. They operated in Detroit, Michigan, during the 1920s of the Prohibition era and came to be Detroit's... Wikipedia
Founding location: Detroit / Muskegon, Michigan, U.S
Activities: Murder, extortion, theft, armed robbery, kidnapping, gambling, bootlegging
Ethnicity: Jewish American
Territory: Detroit