Hairy,

I can't imagine in this day and age that anyone would turn to the mafia for help outside of desperate people who are in some kind of jackpot that they can't solve through legal means and also the wannabes who hang around. It appears that the Media at least in the last decade has done a better job of not glamorizing these bad guys. Say what you will about the Sopranos but it was not a flattering portrayal of the present day Mafia.