I may be wrong, but the difference is that Mafia had done a LOT more than sports books and lending out money. Mafia infiltrated hundreds of businesses across the US and had a stronghold in unions, casinos, etc, which gave the Federal Government a hard-on for them. I mean, the RICO was created for the mafia specifically.

That being said, when you look at other races (African American specifically), while I agree things are getting a bit out of hand with criminals asking for a free pass based on race alone, you can't deny they've had to endure some hardships. I've never heard of an Italian, Irish, or Greek teenager being shot for walking in a certain neighborhood or being choked to death on the street, beaten to death on the street, or having the cops bust into their apartment and shoot at them for basically no reason. So it's not like other races are just walking around doing whatever they want, and nothing is being done about it.

Stanley "Tookie" Williams got a lethal injection for killing 4 people during 2 robberies; as Furio had mentioned, Larry Hoover has been in jail since 1973. Mexican Mafia member Rene Enriquez gave the DOC and FBI a TON of information on the way MM operates. He had been a crucial part for years in fighting against MM, and he's being denied parole every time he goes in front of a parole board. On the other hand, Sammy Gravano got to move to Arizona and involve his family in a drug ring after being directly involved in 19 murders.

Again, I think because of the Mafia's influence in the USA's history (which is unlike any other organization in the history of the US), the FBI is always going to treat them differently than other criminals, to an extent. It also depends on the crime they get busted for.

Even worse, they'll probably go into their own pockets trying to get it and end up racking up expenses and still get nothing.

Hell, Vic Orena has alzheimers so badly, he allegedly thought at one point he was the POTUS. And the feds still won't let him out. At some point, these guys pose no threat, and should be allowed to at least be cared for by their families in their final days.

I wonder if the only reason they can do this to him is because he is still in prison?
When you are in prison you don’t have rights under the constitution of the USA, you are a ward of the state/fed govt.

I know plenty of people that had to pay restitution and out of all of them just ONE ever paid all of it back.
When he got out was making big money and because of the restitution order he took his income under his wife’s name and the feds came in and said either you the $3MM you owe or we are going to indict your wife and within a few years he paid in full.

Everyone else would send ina few dollars here and there and that’s it.