totò minore was the boss of trapani, the salvo were also members of the mafia (salemi family) and they managed the collection of taxes throughout sicily anyway at that time several mafiosi became quickly very rich
Thats when they started working with drugs big time , old bosses who were against drugs were getting eliminated , drugs brought them A LOT of money but also a lot more greed,violence,murders and so on.
Drugs prevented them from going legitimate. I don’t think anyone can be a legitimate businessman once they are labeled a drug trafficker. That is why many mafiosi who were heavily involved would never admit they were involved with drugs. Zaza has said he was never a drug trafficker. Law enforcement says different.
