Loduca basically became the Sicilian mafia's "Cocaine Broker", and man in America for brokering and coordinating cocaine smuggling (by the ton).

This is when the Sicilians started their association with the Colombians for the exchange of Cocaine for Heroin, allowing each organization to "sell" their products across the world without the exchange of actual money changing hands.

Genius really! ...no need for money laundering.