Maybe select few guys run scams like that , but it's very rare
They lost there power, now days who ever has a few bucks has it from legit money.
The Russians Chinese blacks all took over hands on rackets. Take 18th ave Brooklyn
Gambino "stronghold" is all Chinese , they all sold out there block , Chinese have whore houses on every corner I no for sure they dnt get any money from them.
Capos in the family who legit don't have much have trouble paying their mortgage and can't afford to have enough cars in the house for there kids to drive.
It has all changed these sophisticated crimes there are rare that an Italian Icn family runs them.
I'll ask again, how closely do you follow mob indictments? From the looks of it, not very. I can give you example after example of the mob in New York still being very active, very diversified (including in sophisticated crimes), as well as make a very strong case that it's still the strongest organized crime group in the Tri-State area.
Philly & Boston are not to be mentioned with NY & Chicago.
The Chicago family is much closer to the Philadelphia or Boston families, in both size and scope, than it is any of the New York families today.
