Gotti brought himself down, not RICO. He would've ended up in prison for life even if RICO didn't exist, that's just how lousy of a mobster he was. The current leaders of the Gambino and Genovese Families are going on decades now without being brought down, Crea actually sat in the Lucchese administration for many years before they finally got him, lots of bosses/administration members who came after Gotti outlasted Gotti. Even Massino lasted almost a decade and a half, yet Gotti with his little puny ass 5-year reign somehow remains the most notorious

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