But shortly afterwards, Corrozo was busted as he climbed out of the Miami surf. He faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder, arson, loansharking and extortion. Not even the old line bosses in Sicily were immune to setbacks in 1996. These may be hard times for the Mafia, but nobody is venturing to give a kiss of death to organized crime. Dominican mobsters have maintained their cocaine franchise and even spread out to heroin.
Chinese gangsters continue with drugs, racketeering and human smuggling.
And law enforcement is struggling to penetrate these subcultures. And there are innumerable underworld characters who are little known. Authorities say he controls numbers rackets from New York to Florida. To stay ahead of the Mafia, law enforcement is moving from La Cosa Nostra to new organized crime groups taking hold all over the country. The Jerry Capeci Web Page United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive.