Originally Posted by m2w
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There was huge money to be made in the USA for decades starting with prohibition, while Sicilian mafia and 'ndrangheta were just a bunch shepherds and farmers in an underdeveloped country.


yes, american mafia was richer and more powerful than italian mafia in the 1940/50/60, and it was probably the strongest criminal group worldwide at that time
italian mafia became stronger and richer only after the 1960s, and it was at the ending of 1800/beginning of 1900


Strongest criminal group worldwide? Exxagerate much?
I think one of the most lucrative group in the US as a Collective.


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