Yes, the operative word being “dirty money.”

Look, here is the point. When the Outfit was in its prime, or closer to its prime, you had people like Aleman strongarming/putting people in bodybags all over to maintain control. Now “people” assert they maintain a similar level of control over certain underworld activities, though there is no more violence, or barely any. I will use Aleman, since I know a little about him. Of course at the time there were at least a half dozen other hitmen who were just as notorious.

Here’s just a few of the people the mob had him kill because, even when it was a terrifying entity, these people wouldn’t toe the line:

http://www.ganglandchicagohistory.com/2010/02/noted-in-passing-harry-hook-aleman-page_1.html

Personally I find it unlikely that they have developed an all new set of tools besides violence to exert control over the underworld.

I don’t think they control the sex industry or anything close to it.

I’m sure they do own a bunch of their own brothels, strip clubs, etc.

And frankly, regarding someone not being able to open a business in Addison, Elmwood Park, Bridgeview or without a visit from the mob, you are delusional.

This board has gone off the rails and is, frankly, in a lot of ways comical.