I know places were Mafia cell exist with not more than 50 Italians. Well in California live 1,500,000 so more than enough.
There are no Italian communities in California.
Dragna/Milano's structure are gone thats obviously. "
"There are no Italian communities " does not explain why they stop recruited new members. Again the mafia don't need communities. It's a simplification to think mafia only existed in italian neighberhood.
So may guess is young criminals don't need a fix structure to make money. Culturel mixed groups are more powerfull. But again we don't know much about OC in Cali.
Give me a Mafia family that operated in areas with no Italian communities or presence.
I speak about communities places like "Little Italy". Not about presence. Of course you need italians for mafia activity.
Las Vegas from the beginning...
Gambling operartion in 60's,70's,80's was much bigger as traditional "communities". (Dixie, Midwest) ...Cuba, Bahmas, link to European groups. )
Ndrangheta - Frauenfels, Thurgau CH. Maybe only 5 % .... (I believe Cali ~7 or 8 %)
Cosa Nostra / Ndrangheta activity in Allgäu, Germany they are villages. Sometimes you have only a pizzeria. One or two italian families.
East Germany cities like Erfurt. There never exist a closed neighborhood but a strong mafia activity.
CN activity in Africa.
Wholesale drug trading had nothing to do with communities. Nightclub / Redlight activiets had mostly nothing to do with. White Dollar crime ...
another example we know a lot examples for isreali OC networks in Cali. But only 0,1 % Cali population are Isreali-American.
