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TIL In 1930 the gangster Legs Diamond went to Europe. The American government warned Europe so Diamond was immediately arrested in Belgium and then deported to Germany where he was immediately arrested and deported back to the USA. Diamond was arrested in Philadelphia and banned from the city.

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