YMMV / Monty Pythons Flying Circus S 1 E 8

• Aluminum Christmas Trees: It's pretty ridiculous that gangsters would think they can push around a nation's military, but "Lucky" Luciano is believed to have done just that. During World War II, the incarcerated Luciano offered the Mafia's help in protecting America's docks from Axis sabotage in return for his freedom. The government actually accepted the deal. It's been suspected that Luciano had simply played a standard protection racket on his own nation, and any "Axis sabotage" that had occurred was done by Luciano's men themselves.