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ELI5: Are mobs/ the mafia still a thing?

Italian, Russian, Irish, ect.
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In the eastern coast of the United States the Mafia is still around and active, but definitely weaker then in the 1960s. 


Italy is a corrupt rats nest, mob is the curse of their culture and leg breaking is ubiquitous. They operate all over Western Europe though, they rule the drug trade there.

Russian mob is quite the beast, they are all over the grey wastes of that empire. They are very much present even in countries nearing Russia, they are also a problem in South Korea. 


Yakuza are scary motherfuckers, if in Japan, avoid them.

You could easily see drug cartels as the Mexican mob.