I'll bet about half of the mobsters throughout history have traded a little info to authorities for some leeway. Most of the successful ones who made money and stayed out of jail had to have. This isn't Sicily. This is America. The dollar comes first and you look out for number one.

I'll bet about half of the mobsters throughout history have traded a little info to authorities for some leeway. Most of the successful ones who made money and stayed out of jail had to have. This isn't Sicily. This is America. The dollar comes first and you look out for number one.

its was in ernie boy abbamontes indictment a few yrs ago. he was on the payroll of some construction company in nyc and they had the contract to build a brooks brothers in boston. the feds seen the 3 meeting and surposely had something to do with terrritiry or help with the shakedown. he was indicted for like a 100k shakedown. its on here spmewhere . just never was a big discusion.

I take those stories with a grain of salt. Blacks idolize mob guys, thats a fact.

If they had the mob would never have gotten as powerful as it did.

I take those stories with a grain of salt. Blacks idolize mob guys, thats a fact.

Quite the opposite. The mob would have never gotten as powerful as they did had they not worked with law enforcement.

I can’t believe this is even up for debate.
What do you think the government works with informers for? It’s to make cases against the Mafia. If HALF - 50% - were working with law enforcement, wouldn’t that defeat the entire purpose of taking down the Mafia?
Not to mention that’s longtime FBI informers get a huge amount of leniency in court. And from the 1980s-today, the vast majority of mobsters have been indicted and received a fair amount of time for their crimes. Guys like Greg Scarpa got probation for serious credit card fraud. That’s because he was an informer. Most mobsters get heavy time for these things.

It’s simply common sense, Oak, and it’s completely nonsensical to accuse half of the entire Mafia of being rats. It makes no sense even from a law enforcement standpoint.
Not to mention that Greg Scarpa was incredibly prized by law enforcement because, according to Colombo squad supervisor Lin DeVecchio, he was the only person during the Third Colombo War that was providing high-level information. If “half” of the Mafia were rats, then they’d have at least 50 made members providing information on the war. Does that make sense to you?

Lucky Luciano, the founder of the modern day mafia, gave guys up to the authorities. The organization would have never reached the heights that it did if some of the more successful players weren't throwing others under the bus. In this country you get along to go along. Nobody makes it without playing the game. The mob was no exception.

The guys who made real money and stayed out of jail worked with authorities routinely.