You wonder if (NY families in general, for example) would have fallen apart the way they did, had they abided by those rules. There would be a heck of a lot less guys in prison, and subsequently that many less informants...but then again, the power of RICO would have tagged many of these folks for other things.
Too much $ to be made, so surely it would have been irresistible, I suppose.
its kinda a catch 22. sure maybe less guys would be in prison, but think of all the lost revenue. as they say "with money comes power". hard to say for sure.
