Originally Posted by furio_from_naples
Originally Posted by ScottD
Originally Posted by furio_from_naples
Sdeitche but the Tampa family had a role in the Miami cocaine 1980s epidemic?


Not really. they were heavily invovled with the first wave of Cuban gangsters that came over in the 60s through the 70s and those drug operations, but by the time the 1980s "Scarface" era started with the cocaine cowboys and such, the Trafficantes were not as involved in the cocaine game.



Stephen Raffa or Lo Scalzo was afraid of colombians?


I doubt they ever interacted. Raffa was involved with heroin rings that were tied to the Pizza Connection (e.g. the Ligamarris). LoScalzo was mentioned as having some hand in low-level cocaine dealing in Tampa in the 1980s, but nothing regarding Miami.