A few posters here tend to act like nothing exists outside of NY and Philadelphia.
Chicago may not be very active today but in the mob's prime years they were right there with the 5 families, even more powerful in some eras. It was that way from the start. Torrio-Capone-Ricca-Accardo-Giancana-Joe Doves and so on. They had contacts in as high of places as bosses anywhere in the country.
"...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
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