There's less incentive to crack down on organized crime up here, I think. The people generally don't seem to care or even aware that there is a large (and fairly powerful) organized crime contingent here. So long as the police are pushing stories about busting up biker gangs and taking down grow ops, then they look good, and that's what matters to them, I guess.

You don't see a whole lot of headlines about OC in national news media here, they are mostly confined to local outlets and rarely get wide exposure. You'd be surprised how little coverage the Rizzutos get outside of Quebec, for example. On the other hand, the HA/Rock Machine war was big news that was covered extensively by everyone. It's very strange what gets reported on and what doesn't here.