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Women performing this activity like Texas Guinan and Gertrude Lythgoe benefited from laws limiting the activity of male police. For engaging in this activity in Cincinnati, George Remus was prosecuted by Mabel Walker Willebrandt. To do this activity, Bill McCoy made voyages from Bimini in the Bahamas. Long lines of (*) ships near ports such as Galveston and off the coast (10[1])of New Jersey were "rows" for "runners" who did (10[1])this (10[1])activity. (0[1])Businesses performing this crime were raided by the Untouchables, led by Eliot Ness. Al Capone made most of his wealth from this crime, which supplied illegal speakeasies. For 10 points, name this crime in which products banned under Prohibition were smuggled. ■END■ (10[1])

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