The Rizzuto's size/strength before Vito went away dwarfed the Colombo's and The Bonanno's.....The Rizzuto's were international fella,,,,,they were wacking people in Sicily
They were strong and had international contact doesnt means they were big in size. They only had no more than 40
members. But I agree that they were very powerful back then. they were powerful because they contorlled politicians, unions and drugs. But start a war with NY? That would be another thing.
