Well, maybe not in the '70s, but certainly historically. Joe Colombo linking himself and his friends to such Italians is a joke, though. They too were persecuting and extorting Italians.
"...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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