[Count of Monte Fisto]

Have they surpassed the CIA or has the DEA always been #1?

The DEA is used to find out which of the little guys is not paying their cut or is trying to muscle in on the big boys turf.

This stuff has been going on since the British Opium Wars. Research the relationship between The Crown and the Sassoon family.

[TigersEye]

So the CIA are the Dons and the DEA are the enforcers.