Even after the Colombians and Mexicans started refining their own high grade heroin, there has always been some heroin coming from the Middle East and South East Asia. Chinese, Nigerians, Albanians, and others. But it's a relatively small part of the heroin trade.

The Chinese actually had about a decade or so - mid 1980s to mid 1990s - where they were on top of the heroin trade on the East Coast with their "China White." After the fall of the Pizza Connection and before the Colombians and later Mexicans took over.

Yup, Nigerians forgot them, and how I forgot Vietnamese is beyond me they got the west coast...

Yup, spot on. Forgot about the huge, um forgetting the names, Ghost shadows and Flying dragons? I think in Chinatown? Makes sense they would be huge in heroin too, good mention...

And those Big Circle Boys I mentioned earlier, were a huge Chinese gang, dealt direct with the rizzutos...

The Rizzuto clan hasn't been muscled out of anything. The death of the elder Rizzutos DID leave a void, but theres been reports of the new leaders conducting sitdowns with Calabrians. Either way, whether their bringing it in themselves or are forced to work with the Calabrians, Canada's Sicilian crime bosses and their groups are still in the drug game most likely.

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I agree 100% PB. As long as someone is willing to place a bet there will be someone willing to take the bet, especially when a book may give them credit. That's why I think legalized gambling in Jersey won't make a huge dent in most of the books.

Nigerians seem to be overlook at times.