Until this week's arrests, the Metro Detroit crime family had remained largely intact, with more than 100 associates and 29 "made members," or those who took an oath of allegiance through blood letting.
http://www.forensic-intelligence.org/mob/40062.htm


For at least 30 years the Detroit Family of the La Cosa Nostra (LCN) was an extremely active criminal enterprise consisting of approximately 30 "made members" and between 200 and 300 associates.
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/casestudies/gamtax.htm

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