I'm looking for families at their peak, so New Orleans and Tampa at their peak should count, imo. A lot of historians believe they whacked a president for crying out loud. Trafficante was also a go-to guy for the CIA when they wanted to get rid of Castro. That's been proven.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
