August 2002 - In the 1980s, the Chicago mob had roughly 200 "made" members, each of whom ran his own various illegal businesses. Today, according to the FBI, the mob is down to about 50 made members. http://www.ipsn.org/characters/new_outfit.htm
Those are two pretty conflicting reports. They went from 50 made guys to suddenly 25 in less than three years?
And they had only 50 made guys in 1990? Maybe "active" members, otherwise forget about it. I'm pretty conservative myself, by I have an FBI chart of the Outfit in 1983 which lists about 175 made members.
I'm getting the impression that the FBI are playing with these numbers.
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