Comparing the modern day Chicago Outfit to the street gangs is almost a case of apples and oranges. The Outfit is a relatively small group of middle-age and older Italian guys, plus Italian and non-Italian associates, who's niche is sports betting, video poker machines, bid-rigging for mobbed up companies, etc. I guess you could say that narcotics is the modern day version of Prohibition and certainly other groups have taken over that business.


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