I think this article might be, how do you say, "Europe-centric?".
I'm thinking the article is from the perspective from over there, that the Calabrians have a solid outpost in NY, and thus have "beat" any of the other European crime groups to the top of the narcotics trade.


Case in point to what Pmac said, both the big Calabrian coke bust were export operations, that coke was going OUT the country.