Other than being more dependant on gambling than drugs, I'd say there really isn't much that separates them from other groups in the area. Like one law enforcement official said about the Philadelphia mob, "They really aren't any different from the local drug gangs. We give them names and put them on charts but they're really no different."
That explains it.
As an example; one would say that the Genovese's are the most powerful crime organization in the New York area, right?
"It was between the brothers Kay -- I had nothing to do with it."
