Movies get blamed but they are not the cause, I also think the term farm team is inaccurate. More mafia members are not into that when young, and most members of those groups don't get into organized crime. There was an epidemic of street gangs in New York in the 1950's to 1970's, but the members would stay in it til they were about 18 or 19 years old, then move on with life. Persico was supposedly part of a gang like that.

The Tanglewood name was hung on that group by a reporter, I don't think that is what they referred to themselves as. The Bath Avenue group were a nothing made into a big thing because of all the rats in it.

Movies can influence a few people, but I have to think if a person sees a movie and is inspired to be a mobster, the mafia would be the first to reject them. Goodfellas went out of it's way to portray the life in a most negative way, and glorified a rat. Everyone winds of dead, double crossed, or in prison. If anyone sees that and thinks they want it, well....