Heroin was smuggled into the United States by French Corsicans as well as Sicilian Mafia members in an organization called ____________, which was broken up in the 1970s.

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The French Connection was a smuggling operation by French Corsicans and Sicilian Mafia members who smuggled heroin into the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. It was eventually broken up by law enforcement. The Pizza Connection and Gambino Connection were also smuggling operations, but they were focused on trafficking cocaine and heroin in the 1980s. The Europe Connection is not a known smuggling operation.

Heroin Was Smuggled into the United States by French Corsicans