During Ricca's period Chicago Outfit crew boss Jim Emery of the Chicago Heights Crew was indicted by Italian government in 1952 for narcotics together with Frank Coppola.Emery was a close friend of Lucky Luciano.Emery met with Dominic Roberto and Lucky Luciano in Italy and rumours are they were there to make a deal about narcotics.Jim Emery, Dominic Roberto and Lucky Luciano attend a horse race in Rome.Theres also a famous picture of the three of em.During that period Emery was close friend with Frank LaPorte,who later ran the South Suburbs.

Story also goes that Sam Giancana was connected with the government from the Philippines and they were on the same side in the opium business.