Did you mean to say, "were you agreeing with me?"
I believe law enforcement has far better tools to work with today. Technologically, surveillance and bugging are far better than they used to be. And RICO provided legally bulletproof standards for surveilance. But it's still a matter of the quality of individual lawmen and the commitment of time, resources--and priorities, all of which are often influenced by politics. Hoover was obsessed with the Communist Party, but it was also a time when most Americans were unaware that there was such a thing as the Mafia. After Joe Valachi's televised testimony, Hoover could no longer ignore the Mafia.