Eliot Ness

Eliot Ness was an American prohibition agent who led the Chicago team known as the Untouchables in its campaign against Al Capone.

Al Capone: Al Capone was a Chicago crime boss whose organization profited from bootlegging during Prohibition. Ness’s team targeted Capone’s illicit operations, helping build the case that led to his conviction for tax evasion.
Untouchables: The Untouchables were a federal prohibition team in Chicago whose members resisted bribery while targeting Al Capone’s organization. Ness led this small team, remembered for raids on Capone-linked breweries and distilleries.
University of Chicago: The University of Chicago is a private research university founded in Chicago in 1890. Ness studied political science and business at the university before entering federal law enforcement.
The Untouchables (1959 TV series): The Untouchables is a 1959–1963 American television series dramatizing Eliot Ness’s campaign against Al Capone. The series transformed Ness and his team into national popular-culture figures.
Oscar Wallace: Oscar Wallace was a fictional federal agent in the 1959 television series The Untouchables. The character drew loosely on Ness’s team but was not a historical member of it.
Prohibition in the United States: Prohibition in the United States was the nationwide ban on producing, transporting, and selling alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. The federal ban created the enforcement role that Ness held and the bootlegging market his team attacked.
U.S. Treasury Department: The U.S. Treasury Department is a federal executive department responsible for national financial policy and revenue administration. Ness’s prohibition work belonged to the Treasury’s federal enforcement structure.
The Untouchables (1987 film): The Untouchables is a 1987 crime film directed by Brian De Palma and written by David Mamet. The film popularized a dramatized version of Ness’s conflict with Capone for a later generation.
Frank J. Wilson: Frank J. Wilson was a U.S. Treasury investigator who developed the tax-evasion case against Al Capone. Wilson’s financial investigation, unlike Ness’s raids, supplied the evidence central to Capone’s conviction.
Bureau of Prohibition: The Bureau of Prohibition was a U.S. federal agency responsible for enforcing national alcohol prohibition. Ness’s Chicago squad operated within this agency’s enforcement system.

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