The South Florida Sentinel in 2010 indicated that although many of the earlier mobsters had died, the criminal element was still active.
By 1968, a state crime commission concluded, "South Florida, especially Dade and Broward counties, has become a haven for many known Mafia figures and associates, though their activities know no local boundaries within the state."
In more recent years, "The Teflon Don," Gambino boss John Gotti, maintained a residence in Fort Lauderdale. So did Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, the brutal head of a Mafia family operating in Philadelphia and Atlantic City....
They still get involved in gambling, loan sharking, strip clubs, prostitution, drug dealing and extortion, but have gravitated toward more sophisticated crimes — such as stock and Medicare fraud — that don't carry the same risks.
They have faced increased competition from Israeli organized crime and Russian mobsters.
"The biggest change has been the Russian mafia," Mangan said. "The Russians started moving in after the fall of communism. They primarily set up in South Beach. They started opening banks in Antigua and Aruba."[…]
A 1963 article in the Fort Lauderdale newspaper filled in a few of the financial details, revealing that Consumer Finance Corp of America was a holding company for numerous subsidiary corporations. It had apparently bought the strip center located as 3000 N. Federal Highway, where Gate City Realty had its office and was providing financing for the construction of the round building to the northwesMost telling of all, however, is the strange fact near the end of the article stating that Consumer Finance had branched out into a Panamanian corporation–setting up a fish importing business. Seafood would be FLOWN into Florida from Central America by PESCADORES IMPORTADO INTERNATIONALES, S.A.
We’ve all done enough reading and research to recognize a CIA proprietary when we see one, especially one operating just outside Cuban territory in 1963.