BJack: They don't have to be ,it takes thousands of these guys to keep cash in the soldiers pocket.
There may only be one or two out of all of them to know enough for anything to stand up in court if they tried to flip.
This is exactly what they want ,eventually one or two will rise up and become mob prospects. This may take five ten years depending on the made guy.
It is totally different then street gangs or bikers that is is a very short process ,maybe only a year to patch in a bike club.
I understand all of that but with their current numbers they can't really afford one or 2 guys trickling in every 5 or 10 years. Ligambi is getting up there in age and is semi retired. Might be a few other guys getting up there in age too...but the main core of Merlino and his guys are younger, middle aged guys. So that is one good thing for them.
