The Chicago Outfit

Former FBI Assistant Director William F. Roemer stated "The Outfit was very, very, very powerful, phenomenally powerful, they had the power to literally control the whole world, they were far, far, far more powerful, influential and dangerous than the [[Five Families]] they could of shut down every city in America if they wanted too. They controlled the entire state of Illinois, they virtually controlled the whole country, they controlled everything in Chicago, they were all-powerful and omnipotent, they were unbelievably powerful and influential, they had infinite, unlimited and immeasurable power, wealth and reach. There was nothing that they couldn't do, their and influence was endless and incalculable, their power and influence was astonishing, astronomical, and absolutely unbelievable. They controlled anything and everything in Chicago, which was their city, and their territory and power base, they ruled Chicago with an iron fist, they controlled Chicago, they owned Chicago, they ran the entire city, and you couldn't do nothing in Chicago without their permission and say so, they owned everything in the whole city, they controlled all of the legitimate businesses, illegal businesses, industries, companies, cops, judges, politicians, government officials, organized crime activities, and criminal operations. Whenever you wanted to do anything you had to give the Chicago Outfit a large cut of your earnings, they could of removed the mayor if they wanted, they could of shut the whole sate of Illinois down forever. They could of removed anybody from any position from the mayor to the governor to the senator, they controlled the courts, law enforcement, and local government. They were powerful enough to remove the president of the United States of America if they really wanted too, they could of done anything they wanted too, thats how powerful they were. They controlled all of the labor unions, they controlled who the presidents of the unions, they controlled all of the industries, corporations and companies, they controlled American politics, they controlled the United States presidential candidates, and controlled the voters, they controlled much of the U.S. government. The Chicago Outfit was literally the second government of the United States. For over The Chicago Outfit was a multi-billion dollar international organized crime empire with branches all over the world, From the 1940s to the early 21st century, the Chicago Outfit made tens of trillions of dollars, killed tens of thousands of people, revolutionized organized crime, vastly expanded their political power, and created numerous multi-billion dollar empires, both legitimate empires or criminal empires. The Chicago Outfit ruled America with an iron fist, the Outfit was the wealthiest and most powerful crime syndicate in American history." In the late 1950s, the Outfit became a $800 billion a year criminal empire, and became wealthier, larger, and more powerful everyday. At its peak, the Chicago Outfit was the second richest and most powerful criminal organization in the world, just behind the [['Ndrangheta]] and [[Camorra]], in terms of size, reach, influence, wealth and power. The Outfit has always been a highly organized criminal organization and is one of the best structured organized crime empire's in the world. For over seven decades, the Chicago Outfit was the largest, wealthiest and most powerful mafia family in America, and the largest and one of the most powerful crime syndicates in history of the world.