User blog comment:TheToughGuy/My Question To You All: No. 04/@comment-4833053-20120806012148/@comment-4833053-20120807010025

You're right about that Link,the cartels have been smuggling drugs for years,but for some reason on wikipedia it said that evedn though they've done that,it says the mafia still beats them,but then again,its wikipedia.And you're right about the italian mafia not as influential & powerful as they used to be.The mafia used to be all over before the 2000s,they were even in the city I live in.But now they're really only active in New York,New Jersey,Phillidelphia,New England,Detroit, and Chicago,but they're also in Texas,L.A.,Florida, and Vegas.

Also I did find out something yesterday.I read that law enforcement are worried about the resurgence of the mafia since the F.B.I. & other law enforcment have focused on homeland security & and away from organized crime since 9/11