I admire how they were able to set up such a sophisticated organization. I know law enforcement wasn't on them as much as it is now, but it's still an impressive feat.
Having pics of J. Edgar Hoover in pink teddies bought them a decade or so.
"...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
