Also, a lot of old-time syndicates have long moved to more lucrative businesses. Low-level stuff is labour-intensive, low margin, and very exposed; if you have

Also, a lot of old-time syndicates have long moved to more lucrative businesses. Low-level stuff is labour-intensive, low margin, and very exposed; if you have enough capital, there are much better investments to be made. Even in Italy, where people were still dying in the streets in certain areas in the early 2000s, most cartels have moved on from drugs and prostitution to public works, property development, hospitality etc. The street stuff is now left largely to foreign gangs who have nothing to lose.