The money Ndrangheta make today is much more than the Sicilian mafia did. More money equals more power so you do the math.
according to who? sicilian mafia made more money at that time, it produced heroin in italy and involved in tons of other business, invested money even in vatican banks etc.
The cocaine trade is worth more than the Heroin trade was back then. And the Ndrangheta is the one of the biggest player in that game, if not the biggest. Look at the bust back then with the heroin trade with sicilians it was 50 kg 100kg. Today with Ndrangheta you see 1 ton 5 tons 8 tons of cocaine shipments.
The Calabrians has penetrated the northern Italy in a way which the Sicilians did not.
