I see it this way. LE constantly has to indict NYC guys to keep them down or else they'll just rebuild. With Chicago I don't think the Feds are trying quite as hard or even need to.
That's a good way to put it. Back in the 1999 UN report on the LCN, it said that while the LCN remained a significant priority in the New York area, things were "under control" elsewhere. General attrition has always done most of the work at killing off LCN families. Indictments just help the process along. And now, with the remaining small families outside New York, it doesn't take as much resources to keep them in check while attrition takes it's toll. During the 1990's, the FBI had two squads investigating the Outfit - one for the Cicero crew and one for the 26th Street crew. Now it has one and it also investigates other organized crime in addition to the Outfit.
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