While they could never know the exact number at a given time, given the in-house knowledge that has been acquired by the FBI over the past 30 years, as well as informants, surveillance, etc., I really don't think their membership estimates are off by more than, say, 10% or so. So, for a family like the Colombos, 10 or 12 members that have not been identified yet seems believable.

As far as active members on the street, it's probably around 50 or so for each of the smaller NY families (Lucchese, Colombo, Bonanno).


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