I don't say strike fear against the 5 families but even in NJ the DiMeo family don't strike fear ! When Christopher was beaten by the street thughs when tryed to buy the drug,there was no retaliation against the gang and Christopher was a made man;in the Russian case, Tony said to get rid of the body because he feared reprisal from the Russians boss or at least that he had to find someone else to launder money; when the rapper try to extort money to Hash,in NY don't have the courage to do this,if heash was a lupertazzi associate.