re: How come nationally recognized gangs never proliferated in Louisiana?

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Russians scams and rackets are immensely more sophisticated than anything the old mafia ever did.

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Of course the scams now are more sophisticated. That comes with the times and technology(ie. the internet)

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The Russians get together and have chess tournaments while reading the WSJ

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Lol ok.

Fwiw, 90% of the organized people are not sitting there reading the wsj, studying the stock market, or playing high level chess. If they were that smart and sophisticated, they would be making money in legal ways.