Her "background"? Makes one wonder about what that actually means. I know there was a Lucky Luciano gansta' guy way back when, wonder if there is a connection and that is why the question was put to her? Still doesn't make it right.
Interesting side note: only reason I remember the name Lucky Luciano is because I attended an exotic car auction about 12 years ago that had a car owned by him go through. It was a '31 Lincoln Roadster with machine gun turrets in the trunk lid (they had been removed by this time) and an actual periscope under the dashboard so that if the cops were chasing him and shooting at him, he could duck and still drive the car. Seriously cool!