Originally Posted By: TheChicagoDon
You cannot judge the power of the Outfit by the number of made members. You guys don't understand that the Outfit is structured differently than the New York 5 Families who make everybody and his brother. The solders in the Outfit are not made guys, they work for the made guys but still belong to the crew as members. The Outfit presently has about 160 members. However, only about 25%, or 40 are made guys. They also have very strong political power in Chicago.


If we're talking total manpower - members and associates - then it's probably a max of around 150. 28 guys who are considered made plus a little over 100 others, according to the FBI.


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