bootlegging

Culture
Sports

Piedmont Pit Stops: Tracking the legacy of moonshine and motorsports on Purgatory Trail

3:00pm August 15, 2024

North Carolina officials are highlighting sites significant to the state’s history of both bootlegging and stock car racing. The Moonshine and Motorsports Trail maps the origin story of the two intertwined industries.

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In December, New York tax department investigators seized 757 liters of untaxed liquor brought into the state in this vehicle.

National
Economy
Politics & Government

Why Are New Hampshire's Tax-Free Liquor Stores Selling So Much Hennessy?

5:34pm March 08, 2018

by Todd Bookman

So much cognac is being sold that one official is asking the state attorney general to investigate whether the Liquor Commission is turning a blind eye to bootlegging and money-laundering activities.