I don't think the 'Ndrangheta is as powerful as Cosa Nostra was at its height, when it practically controlled the state at one point. But the 'Ndrangheta surely looks more sophisticated than their Sicilian counterparts and for that reason alone their endurance will be better.
Exactly, Sonny.
Evolve or become extinct.
I think the 'Ndrangheta's main goal is to eventually become a legitimate enterprise; many of them are already more businessmen than gangsters and have investments in legitimate businesses (realised by the laundering of their enormous profits from drug trafficking).
The Corleone family from The Godfather has actually far more to do with the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta than the Sicilian Mafia. If Puzo had chosen to make them a Calabrian family and placed them in Canada The Godfather would have instantly been a very realistic film.
Capeci and others would have used The Godfather as a reference for realism instead of Goodfellas.
"It was between the brothers Kay -- I had nothing to do with it."
