So the days of LCN must be numbered at this point. With the rats and the high tech shit the feds use, on top of RICO and long prison terms for things not involving drugs or murder, who in their right minds would join these days? Seems like for every 2 years free, they gotta spend 10 locked up. And where are they recruiting these days? Ghetto Italian neighborhoods are a thing of the past at this point too right?
Everything you mentioned above takes it's toll but what ultimately does the families in is simple attrition. Which is why we don't see any existing families out west anymore, since they never had big numbers to begin with. It's also why most of the families in the Midwest are gone. And why 90% of the mob's remaining membership is in the Northeast. The NY families have been able to keep their membership levels relatively steady for the past 20 years or so. And, despite all the news hype, far more guys still
don't flip than do. They are in a decline but it's a slow one.
