Anyways my question is does the Irish Mob still exist in America ? I know that the K&A gang is listed as active , however they don't seem to be much of a mob group .
If it still exists then what places is it active in ? What are its main rackets ? How influential are they ?
I don't know why you don't classify the K&A Gang as a "mob group." They made a ton of money through crime while working together. What more do you need?
That said there has never been an Irish Mob in the United States. There has never been a group of exclusively Irish or Irish American criminals in the United States. There have been groups of predominately Irish criminals but never one that Irishness was the uniting factor.
Except for, alledgedly, the original Aryan Brotherhood. But that's certainly not the case anymore. Never understood that misconception. Irish people traditionally emigrated to cities like Boston, New York and Chicago.
The segment of people that the Aryan Brotherhood attract have traditionally been WASPS from "hick" states with predominantly English, Scotch Irish, Scottish and German origins.
I really think that supposed "Irish" origin of the Aryan Brotherhood is more of an urban legend. The vast majority of the AB members, be it California or the Deep South, have always seemed to be of a more or less Southern WASP background.
And I don't know what to believe on them. One OC episode I've watched that was about the Aryan Brotherhood made them out to be the hillbilly/redneck version of the Mafia that made millions of narcotics (they were even telling in that episode that they had private helicopters that smuggled cocaine, heroin and weapons into the country), extortion and illegal gambling, both inside and outside the prison. It all seemed WAY overstated.
