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Because of its committed, disciplined rank and file and economic base in extortion, the Mafia emerged as the dominant organized-crime group to survive Prohibition's repeal.
Now, instead of stories about poisoned cigars and Mafia hit men, Americans heard testimony about a secret visit to Tehran by McFarlane, using an assumed name and bearing a chocolate cake decorated with icing depicting a key.
Critics give three reasons: 1) A buddy pairing of unusual moral complexity between an undercover agent (Johnny Depp) and his Mafia mentor (Al Pacino).
3) The rise of black urban politics destroyed the big city machines the Mafia once depended upon to carry out its rackets.
The Mafia