Ive said this time and time again, the mafia is a business and money is power.
The FACT is that the Rizzuto family controlled a cocaine pipeline through the port of Montreal, a billion dollar enterprise over a decade.
Now like it or not this family earned more than the NY 5 combined. Purely through this pipeline. Not withstanding its monopoly on construction etc
So as much as people may not like it, when it comes to money, and hence power, the Rizzuto family (through drugs) dwarfs the NY 5.
Simple math guys. Like it or not.
Not so simple. The five families have tons more money than Dominicans and black street gangs, but exert no power in those parts of town. Paul Castellano made tons more money than John Gotti, but he ended up lying on the sidewalk in a pool of blood and Gotti became the boss.
VIOLENCE and FEAR control the underworld. The Rizzutos gained power through murder and held on to power through murder and fear. Don't try to deny the facts.
