Perhaps technology advancement is hindering Mob guys?
Nowerdays, all cars leave the factory with an immobilser/alarm fitted as standard.
Here on my side of the pond in England, in the 1980's that wasnt the case and cars were getting nicked all the time and I'm sure it was the same in the USA (my Uncle had his Vauxhall Astra nicked from the Hospital car park!).
Some cars even have trackers now too.
Cars are harder to steal today than 20 or 30 years ago.
Porno theaters were a major attraction in the 70's when not many people had a VCR.
Today you can pick up a cheap DVD player for very low money.
I bet the security at JFK airport is much greater than when Jimmy Burke, Henry Hill, John Gotti, Roy DeMeo and god knows who else were helping themselves to merchandise
Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso said that the mobs golden age was passed and that the "big money" wasnt available like it was years ago.
The mob is still involved in fencing stolen goods but the large scale hijacking operations, like out out of JFK Airport, back in day are basically over. They're also still involved in stolen car rings and chop shops but also not to the degree they once were.
Up to through the 1970's the mob controlled the porn industry because there were relatively few outlets for it. They controlled the distribution companies as well as the theaters that showed the movies themselves. Video tapes came along in the 1980's and they deluted the market. Movies that once sold for $100 or more a piece now sold for a few bucks. And this allowed independent operators to glut the market. Then in the 1990's the internet came along and now anyone looking for it can basically get it for free. Also, in the 1990's the Giuliani adminsitration closed down the porn stores and peep shows in Times Square, most of which were tied to the mob.
Over the last decade the mob has still been involved in shaking down porn shops and the like. And there are still some connected guys involved in the distribution end. But it's also not the business it once was.
