I suppose this subject may deserve a thread of its own , but how much state/federal level pull do most LCN groups have in the present day US ? My hunch is that little to none , especially outside of the Northeast and Chicago area .
Even in their prime golden age it was local officials.
Didn't the Chicago Outfit and the Tampa family have CIA connections in their heyday though ? I've also read that many big time LCN heroin traffickers shared the secret service connections of their Corsican and Sicilian counterparts during the French/Pizza Connection days , though that could be mere conjecture .
