SB:It's my opinion that the Outfit was the most powerful criminal organization in America under Capone, Accardo and Giancana. That would be the 20s and then the 50s-60s, diminishing steadily since.
I think you can definitely make a case about the Outfit being the most powerful crime organization in those years.
For many years, from the 1920s to the early 1980s they probably rivaled the Gambino and Genovese families.
Originally Posted By: johnnynonos
SB:
That chart, while excellent, in no way indicates "made guys."
For instance under Tony Spilotro it lists Frank Rosenthal.
For reasons that should be obvious Rosenthal was never a made guy.
That's correct. But if you look closely you see that Rosenthal isn't listed as a "soldier".
That's the Las Vegas crew of Spilotro, and he was the only made guy of that crew as far as I know.
But if you look at all of the other crews you see that those men are in fact listed as "soldiers".
However, I can't verify this really is an FBI chart, but seeing how much attention is paid to details, it looks pretty authentic to me.
"It was between the brothers Kay -- I had nothing to do with it."
