'Family Secrets' was a bust too. They put a few senile old geezers away, who's kids have more ability/influence today than their fathers do. Very little information that wasn't already known was leaked from that trial, and a plethora of bullshit to go along with it. The Feds came out of the 'Family Secrets' trial angry, bitter, & confused.
Oh brother. Lombardo and Marcello were two of the top guys in the Outfit. Those were big catches. And who's kids are you referring to? Oh wait, forgot, you can't say.
Fact is, the Feds have never really been able to corner the Outfit, as much as they've desperately tried. Every time they get close, the Outfit retreats into the shadows & makes nothing noticeable. It's been going on for years & the Outfit is most definitely winning the battle.
Over the past few decades the Outfit has been hammered by the feds almost as much as general attrition. Which is why you don't see that many big cases in recent years. There isn't a whole lot left compared to the past.
While there were once 7 or 8 crews, today there are 3 or 4, according to the feds. By any estimate you want to go with, the Outfit is much smaller and more limited in scope. Some guys, especially the higher ups like DiFronzo, have legit money in things like real estate, D&P, strip clubs, etc. But the rest have the street stuff like sports betting, video poker machines, burglaries, etc. You have to go back almost a decade for when the Carusos were kicked out of the Laborers Union. And into the 1990's for an actual Outfit-related indictment involving the unions. The political and police influence is not even close to what it was decades ago.
