Are Mexican Drug Gangs Better Financed Than The Italian Mafia?

[Staunton]

The cause i am asking about the mafia, considering that i've heard that Fortune 500 firms fairly considerably ran them out of Las Vegas so would not it be practical for those exact same companies to set up operations on these border towns that Mexican drug cartels have turned into battle zones or is the drug business a lot more powerful than even Wall Street?

[Fylmer]

That is hard to say since they are working together. Analysis: Italian mafia brokering Mexican drug trade Calabrian syndicate has re-focused efforts on shipping drugs from Latin America to West Africa, grossing $60 billion a year http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050610_mafia_mexico/   Mexican cartels funneling shipments to Italian mafia through Texas   The revelation that the cartels are forming alliances with Italian syndicates came last year when the DEA revealed that the Mexican Gulf cartel, which supplies Dallas with cocaine, was working with New York associates of the powerful Italian 'Ndrangheta mafia. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/22/mexico-drug-cartel-italy-mafia NormanL 43 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

[Berwyk]

The Italian Mafia runs over the police, making the law enforcement look more like the three stooges or the keystone cops. They literally push police cars off the road. The Latin American drug cartels have gun power but I don't think they are THAT well organized or bold. They are basically cowards who take advantage of our being sweetie pies, or run over private farms and civillians and small towns.

[Jenyd]

Well, I feel pretty well versed in the Italian mafia. I can tell you with no doubt in my mind, they are quite prolific throughout the US and Italy. They tend to keep things on the downlow and are more creative about keeping their business up to "acceptable appearances". You would be surprised at how many politicians, law makers, law enforcement and just everyday schmuckatellis are being used as pawns by La Costra Nostra. If you knew how many businesses were actually under the mafiosa wing, you would crap yourself. Hell, they can't even get the trash taken out in Naples. In Sicily, it is nothing to see a guy pulled off the autostrada, yanked out of his car, black bag placed on his head and beaten within an inch of his life. Not one person will stop to help because if they do, well, they will be sleepin wid da fishes. For the mafia being uneducated scum, think again. They are lawyers, doctors and such. The dirty money sends their kids to prestigious colleges and universities. In turn, those kids are bound to the mafia. That is why you NEVER let the Mafia do a favor for you. It irks me when people who don't know jack assume jack.

[Tohias]

LOL, no way more powerful than wallstreet moneywise, but musclewise, possibly.The financing will rely entirely on how successful they are in selling drugs, you just need to remember that mafia and drug gangs are not all that different, as they are all typically uneducated scum.

[Arnaud]

JEMS_Mom said: 3 Well, I feel pretty well versed in the Italian mafia. I can tell you with no doubt in my mind, they are quite prolific throughout the US and Italy. They tend to keep things on the downlow and are more creative about keeping their business up to "acceptable appearances". You would be surprised at how many politicians, law makers, law enforcement and just everyday schmuckatellis are being used as pawns by La Costra Nostra. If you knew how many businesses were actually under the mafiosa wing, you would crap yourself. Hell, they can't even get the trash taken out in Naples. In Sicily, it is nothing to see a guy pulled off the autostrada, yanked out of his car, black bag placed on his head and beaten within an inch of his life. Not one person will stop to help because if they do, well, they will be sleepin wid da fishes. For the mafia being uneducated scum, think again. They are lawyers, doctors and such. The dirty money sends their kids to prestigious colleges and universities. In turn, those kids are bound to the mafia. That is why you NEVER let the Mafia do a favor for you. It irks me when people who don't know jack assume jack. 44 months ago

[christie42]

dudemanultimate said: 1 LOL, no way more powerful than wallstreet moneywise, but musclewise, possibly.The financing will rely entirely on how successful they are in selling drugs, you just need to remember that mafia and drug gangs are not all that different, as they are all typically uneducated scum. 44 months ago

[garafeld]

Analysis: Italian mafia brokering Mexican drug trade Calabrian syndicate has re-focused efforts on shipping drugs from Latin America to West Africa, grossing $60 billion a year http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050610_mafia_mexico/   Mexican cartels funneling shipments to Italian mafia through Texas   The revelation that the cartels are forming alliances with Italian syndicates came last year when the DEA revealed that the Mexican Gulf cartel, which supplies Dallas with cocaine, was working with New York associates of the powerful Italian 'Ndrangheta mafia. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/22/mexico-drug-cartel-italy-mafia