The Facts are this.
The Rizzuto family is PRIMARILY a drug (cocaine) business. They have a monopoly of the 2nd largest pipeline in Nth America.
The NY 5 have only small drug interests.
This IS the difference.
There is more money in drugs than all other illicit enterprises combined.
As stated money IS power, and the FACTS are the Rizzuto organization through its monopoly on the 2nd largest drug pipeline into the US DWARFS the NY 5 in terms of revenue.
Argue the point. Because those are the undisputed facts.
Like it or not.
First, while they
may not be as big into the drug trade as the Rizzutos, and they don't necessarily need to be because of their diversification,
the New York families are still are significant players in the drug trade. To say they have "small drug interests" isn't accurate. It's also important to remember there's quite a difference in the size of the geographic area the 5 NY families operate in within the extended NY metropolitan area and the greater Montreal area the Rizzutos operate in.
Second, drugs are usually the single biggest moneymaker but to say that they make more money than all the other rackets combined also isn't necessarily accurate.
Third, if you look at the history of the Rizzuto's drug trafficking operations, the majority of it isn't going
into the U.S. but, rather,
into Canada to be sold in Montreal and elsewhere. Whatever the Rizzutos have moved into New York, which would typically be in conjunction with the NY families anyway, isn't enough to qualify the claims you're making.
