The guy I know is in the US, but he deals with a lot of Canadians also. His business is gray (think something like marijuana but not that) where it’s sort of legal in some places but mostly not. One time we were at a bar and his friend came who was wearing a patched biker jacket, I did not recognize the gang. But the guy was totally nice.
I have had a few weird situations with organized crime and my hunch is they are way, way bigger than society understands. Like the American Mafia was way too public, the FBI nailed them, and now the smart criminals just don’t exist in any form in the public consciousness. I think OC now exists as legitimate business but it’s just a few layers removed. So they might operate a doctors clinic, but the real point of it is to milk Medicare for scams, and things like this. But on paper it seems correct
Unfortunately:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecomafia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_of_death_(Italy)
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3b7m9n/the-mob-made-southen-...
https://www.vice.com/en/article/j59xap/europes-biggest-illeg...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/23/buried-...