In truth one of the biggest reasons why a lot of these guys rat today is because they TRULY have no ties to the borgata.

When you are connected by 'blood' because either your father, brother, cousin, uncle, or grandfather is also tied into the borgata you think 1000 times before you rat because you don't wanna hurt your blood. Also, when you grew up with guys from the old neighborhood; went to grade school together, ate over each others houses and knew each others fathers and mothers, sisters ands brothers intimately, played ball together, hung out as kids together.... etc, etc. Then you think 1000 times before you rat. Because the level of "dishonor" is more than most guys can live with.

But when you DON'T come from the same area. DON'T know each others families, DON'T grow up togther. Then you also more often than not DON'T give a good fuck about one another. What I am saying here is one of the MAIN reasons for the breakdown in Cosa Nostra. All theses guys are American born and most of the younger guys are from the suburbs, not the inner city areas with mutual histories dating generations.

This has become a major problem today. Add in the RICO laws that send guys away for long bids and seize all their cash, and you end up with a recipe for disaster.