The downfall of the Lucchese family was RICO and the Commission case, period. It all began with Joe Pistone, and then when the Lucchese hierarchy was imprisoned, the ensuing paranoia of Amuso and Casso while empowered with inside information on who was a confidential informant caused a purge. Amuso and Casso probably really wanted to get all of the rats out of the Lucchese family, but when they began to whack everyone, maybe even more people turned, and then RICO was then finally used on Amuso and Casso. Complete destruction.

"For us, rubbin'out a Mustache was just like makin' way for a new building, like we was in the construction business."