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Historical Articles

Two men sitting in front of a table with a pile of cash on top
Operation Smokescreen
Case - Alcohol and Tobacco Diversion
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Moshen and two of the four collaborators arrested in July 2001
Operation Sphinx
Case - Terrorism
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News article clipping from TIME Magazine, Aug. 3, 1925, Volume IV, Number 5
Prohibition Reorganization
General
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IRS badge from 1920 - 1926
Prohibition Unit Bureau of Internal Revenue U.S. Department of Treasury 1920-1926
Badge history
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Mugshots of co-conspirators in the Project Oleo case
Project Oleo
Case - Alcohol and Tobacco Diversion
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Prohibition Agent Ray Sutton
The Mysterious Disappearance of Ray Sutton
Character Profiles
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Mugshot of Reverend Crossley
Reverend Crossley
Case - Murder for Hire
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Prohibition Agent Tom Threepersons
Tom Threepersons: Prohibition Agent and Law Enforcement Legend
Character Profiles
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Group of 9 Viper Militia members posing and holding firearms
Viper Militia
Case - Explosives and Bombings
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Headshot of William Henderson Foote
A Buried Injustice: Deputy Collector William Henderson Foote, ATF's Legacy Treasury Agent, Killed in the Line of Duty
Character Profiles
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Benjamin Williams
Williams Brothers
Case - Arson
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