NCJ Number
239409
Journal
Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Dated: 2012 Pages: 64-73
Date Published
2012
Length
10 pages
Annotation
This paper examines the spirits smuggling in the Baltic Sea region in the inter-war period.
Abstract
This paper examines the spirits smuggling in the Baltic Sea region in the inter-war period. On 1 June 1919 the Finnish Parliament passed the Prohibition Act forbidding the production, transportation, sale, and storage of alcohol which activated spirits smuggling to Finland. Large-scale spirits smuggling was arranged during Prohibition by criminal organizations through international networks. Mostly cheap German liquor was delivered to Nordic countries and to the United States. The representatives of organized crime in the Baltic Sea region became rich fast during Prohibition thanks to limits set by countries. Contemporary drug smuggling and spirits smuggling are comparable due to similar organizational structure and modus operandi. (Published Abstract)