The purple gang was the biggest manufacturer of Narcotics in the U.S. during the 1920s through their downfall in the early 1930s. They had pipelines to the west, south, east, and Canada. The Detroit family took over the operations and became powerful in the drug trade as many mobsters from around the county got their material or drugs from Detroit. The BoN kept good tabs and reports, not to mention that about 34 percent of their busts came from the state of Michigan during the 30's and 40s, plus another 19 percent connected to that state.
Do you mean
traffickers of narcotics? Obviously heroin was the drug at the time and it came ready for sale into the U.S.
The reason I would tend to assume the NY families were bigger traffickers was because New York has always been the biggest market.
It may be after the period you're talking about but a 1957 study by the NYPD found 3 in 5 (60%) Lucchese members had been arrested for narcotics, 1 in 2 (50%) Genovese members had been arrested for narcotics, 1 in 3 (33%) Colombo members had been arrested for narcotics, 1 in 3 (33%) Bonanno members had been arrested for narcotics, and 1 in 5 (20%) Gambino members had been arrested for narcotics. That's a lot of people, especially considering the size of the families at the time.
You mean with you trolling? I know. When will it stop?
