@Hollander...during those days the Chicago Outfit already had better and closer political connections and also lucrative operations all around the world, than the CIA and so the agency needed or used those same connections with the help of the Mob. For example the ones in Brazil, Panama or the Middle East.
As early as 1937 , the Agency worked with the underworld.
French Connection
Illegal heroin labs were first discovered near Marseille, France, in 1937. These labs were run by Corsican gang leader Paul Carbone. For years, the Corsican underworld had been involved in the manufacturing and trafficking of heroin, primarily to the United States. It was this heroin network that eventually became known as "the French Connection". The Corsican Gang was protected by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the SDECE after World War II in exchange for working to prevent French Communists from bringing the Old Port of Marseille under their control.[1]
I agree again since you are one of the experts on these stuff, although I think that during the 30's and 40s the Chicago Outfit was involved in some small degree, meaning the whole operation was more of a East Coast thing and also some Midwest families like the one in Detroit. Chicago's deep involvment in narcotics allegedly began sometime around the late 1940's or early 50's with Jim Ammirato aka Emery the boss of the Chicago Heights faction. Theres also a photo of Chicago Heights bosses Dom Roberto (deported to Italy), Jim Emery and Luciano (also deported).
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While Chicago's so-called world wide connections began during the Giancana era. This guy was everywhere and it wasnt only about narcotics, but instead they spread all types of rackets for the whole US Mob.
Thats just one of the reasons on which sometimes some informers wrongfully labelled Giancana as the boss of bosses for the whole US Mafia, since we all know that position allegedly vanished after the murder of Sal Maranzano.
