AS Furio siad, it puts a target on you. I'll add that it seems to be the case since the days after Valachi. Tho examples are Anthony Scotto and Tom Gambino. Both, especially Scotto, where made more for the fraternal aspect than for crime. Both would have never gone to prison if not for being made and their association with the Gambinos. Neither took part in killings or anything else. They unbend others get hit with crazy extortion charges or bribery charges that are only part of the nature of the businesses they were in. To this day many relatives of Micky Spillane and Jimmy Coonan have great union jobs and even held some delegate spots. No problem. I think that even the rat Feathersone has a cousin in a teamster union in New York.

Their are many examples of nepotism going back generations in unions, no problem unless there is a connection to an Italian associate or made person. If made themselves, the FBI is constantly hounding them and will prosecute them on any minor charge or violations.