Originally Posted By: JCB1977
Out of all the mafia families that have been decimated by RICO and age & attrition, who do you think were the strongest in terms of influence in their respected geographic territories and why? Not based on the popularity of each mafia boss, but their true power and influence?

Defunct families include: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Rochester, St. Louis, Dallas, Denver, San Jose, San Francisco, Tampa, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Rockford or Des Moines?


Buffalo or Detroit

Originally Posted By: domwoods74
Some of the families are still not totally defunct , Cleveland ( Russell papalardo ) Kansas ( John sciortino ) Pittsburgh and millwaukee still have small but active families


All those families above are defunct. There's no formal structure or consisting ongoing activity. Some members still living doesn't mean the family isn't defunct.

Last edited by IvyLeague; 12/28/13 05:51 PM.

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