multiple agencies, surviellence teams, wiretaps sat on 24.7,tailing guys around the clock...say a dozen cops, making [at least] fifty grand a year plus another twenty in overtime.for what? eleven years?i am awful at math, but thats about eight,nine mil just man hours alone.to catch what? hell catching them on four murders isnt even worth that. plus equipment, court costs, das salaries, pay for jury duty,bailiff,wpp for scumbag informants. are mob cases really worth that much? take out the 'family', the 'lcn' aspect, and what is it?a loose patern of racketeering based on slot machines and unpaid debts.
you sound like a mobster pleading his case, fact is most of the surveillance is very high tech nowadays (recorders in rolex watches) which doesnt require as many manhours or agents as it did in the past.
Tommy Shots: They want me running the family, don't they know I have a young wife? Sal Vitale: (laughs) Tommy, jump in, the water's fine.
