No OC group will ever reach the heights LCN did in the states in it's hey day. The current political/law enforcement climate will not allow it. Plus the mafia took advantage of a huge opportunity with prohibition which allowed them to plant the seeds and grow. Doubt we will ever see an opportunity like that today unless they made the internet illegal or something that everyone uses.
Exactly. The '20s and 30's were the perfect era for them to get a foothold in the United States. That's not going to happen again. I'd go so far as to say that if it wasn't for prohibition, they would have come and gone like a lot of the other old ethnic gangs. But prohibition gave them the money and influence to branch out and become a National conglomerate. And to their credit (well, as much credit as I'm comfortable giving to a bunch of criminals), they exploited those opportunities to the fullest.
