The Ndrangheta might be the most powerful right now but I think their dominance over the Sicilians have been overstated. Things are forever shifting, these writers don't take that into account. Plus it just sounds good to constantly poke fun at what many consider to be the oldest and most famous criminal organization in the world. Sensationalism sells.
Exactly. Most journalists and article writers parrot the same talking points over and over again. You can still see articles that say the Ndrangheta "dominates the European cocaine market" or that they "control 80% of the European cocaine market". Maybe that was true until 2010 or so, there are a lot of big players now. Don't even get me started on the "makes more than McDonalds and Deutsche bank combined" bullshit.
You're right, things are always in flux, and in the last years we've seen evidence that the Sicilians are trying to get into cocaine again on a big level.
Also wasn't there some big pentito a few years ago who talked of a "super cupola" made up of all the mafias and how the Sicilians were #1?
