Is the LCN really more powerful than the Mexican cartels in US now? I mean the Cartels basically controls the drug in US am i right? I dont know , i dont have so much knowledge about the US but what has come to my mind is that the LCN are bunch of softies in comparison to the Cartel guys,, yea they still make money of frauds etc but in terms of street power?
Can really a Cosa Nostra member go to a bad neighbourhood in New York and tell them what time it is like they was capable of before?
Im just curious and asking you guys who knows better.
It depends but in general no, an old wiseguy can't physically manhandle a young narco. The power from LCN comes from a totally place than pure muscle these days, the LCN and Sinaloa are fishing in two completely different ponds..
LCN is mostly white collar these days: medicare frauds, construction racketeering (bid rigging and the like), gambling and loansharking. Sinaloa is a DTO and only a small percentage of their income comes from human trafficking and what not..
