Basically agreed. The Chicago Outfit is not anywhere what it used to be. They downsized from 6 street crews to 4. The number of ACTIVE made guys on the street, according to Nick Calabrese, was about 60. However, that was many years ago. The Number of active made guys is probably 40 or less. The Feds estimated 28, however, they don't know all the made guys. There are 'sleepers' in Chicago. Chicago Outfit never had a lot of made guys like the New York Families, even in their heyday back in the 1960's and 1970's. The soldiers in each crew work under made guys. it takes many, many years to become a made guy in The Outfit. The Made guys in the past were equal to the 'Captains' in the New York Families. Collectively, New York has always been the Strongest Mafia City in America. After New York, was Chicago. Presently in 2013, it's hard to say how strong the Outfit really is because of the intense secrecy. There has only been ONE made man informant in the history of the Outfit. The Outfit still has some power but it is more concentrated in Union activity, Construction, and offshore bookmaking along with legitimate business. The traditional street rackets of Bookmaking, Loan Sharking and Poker machines still exist but to a much lesser degree. In particular, the Loan Sharking racket is at a very low level. In Bookmaking, when a bettor gets way behind in payments, the Outfit tends to cut them off from any further betting rather than trying to collect with heavy muscle like the past. It's simply too risky. The Outfit is afraid to kill anybody which really shows a sign of weakness. There have been only 3 Outfit related hits in 13 years.