The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, or the Chicago Mob or The Organization) is an Italian-American crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois and dating back to the 1910s. It is part of the American Mafia originating in South Side, Chicago. The Outfit rose to power in the 1920s, under the control of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone, and the period was marked by bloody gang wars for distribution of illegal alcohol during Prohibition.