Did it ever occur to you that perhaps the FBI brought out the fat lady too soon? That the power base shifted to Canada, for amoung other reasons they don't have R.I.C.O.
Also, at the time Buffalo got hit in Canada, that the Buffalo family was just too weak to fight off the Rizzuto's and the Bonnano families.
That they were basically in a holding pattern until something changed.
So you had the power shift to Canada, You have alot less activity and the FBI writing them off and that is the reason very little indictments were handed down.
When the opportunity presented itself they were able to exact revenge on their enemies.
Because we are seeing more of them and because their enemies are being shot up that now L.E. is starting to focus on them again hence the new indictments.
