By the time prohibition was lifted, the Mafia was so deeply embedded all all forms of local government, law enforcement and their roots so deeply sunk into the fabric of society in the US it took decades to purge them out.
Bheki Cele may be putting on a good party towing line face when he rejoices that alcohol related crime rates are down and the streets are being scrubbed of alcohol and cigarettes, but Cele is no fool. What is coming next will shake the very foundation of this country and undo any gains the police have made in stopping organized crime in SA and he knows it.
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