Originally Posted by NYMafia
Regardless of whether it was Italy, America, or anywhere else. People are still people. And not withstanding the generally accepted "ancient rules" of play, there have always been informants.

But unlike today, "pound for pound," the American mob back then, in there 1900s-1970s era, never saw the high number of rats like in the last 3-4 decades....especially during the last 20+ years.

Its become a completely different ballgame.


Informants are part of the game forever, however in Italy as well as USA the massive use of them as evidence in court is relatively new and now the last years we see more cracking of encrypted messages that serve as key evidence in major trials so LE is making progress but often still one step behind the underworld.

"The king is dead, long live the king!"