What about Big Meech and the black mafia family? They are avtive from the 1980s andcmade milions with the coke traffick.
Meech and Terry were almost an exception to the rule. I'm actually being generous when I say that because when you look at the way Meech was moving, you can't help but shake your head. Those guys would go into strip clubs and spend a million dollars. You don't think Meech would've lasted longer if he had toned down his excessive ways? Terry was smarter, but even he couldn't talk sense into his brother
In my opinion,who grown on the streets in extreme poverty simply think to enjoy the money because know that he would die in prison. While the old mafiosi was educated to live and made bussinesses in the shadow.
The italians or the cartels understood that mist be organizated,have a clear hierarchy for run transnational crimes while the black before Frank Lucas controlled the black hoods but nothing more but as you said are only exceptions.
Like in the Wire when the cops don't believe that Barksdale organization was so sofisticated.
