Oh I've seen bunches of people say that, especially on YouTube. I don't know how exactly their power compares to the 1980s, but just about every economic corner you turn in Sicily they're there. Construction, waste management, finance, banking, trucking, produce market, oil and gas, wind energy, politics, literally everything. And of course drugs, loansharking, extortion, gambling, shit like that. Even those anti-racket people are oftentimes in cahoots, pretending to be taking a stand against organized crime.