The Italian community in Detroit, particularly around the Eastern Market, used familial and cultural ties to build businesses, often with support from Prohibition-era gains.

“all these Comm all these Sicilians in the same Community they they all knew each other their whole lives they all dated back to the old country and so again I don't know anything about this but when I go to live with my grandparents you know you know you see the world of the mafia”