Alfa Romeo...I agree with you what you are saying that someone probably knew of him and thought he was kicking up. I mean they had ridiculous sums of money they were dealing with but both the cubans and the columbians were crazy so maybe the italian mobsters stayed clear. There also could have been a bit of arrogance from the NY families thinking that these new "americans' couldnt be very well organized nor know what they were doing. And the alleged mob rule of not dealing with drugs might have had some to look the other way.