Like I said, it could be happening, but I haven't heard any word of it anywhere, not even on boards like this one, and definitely not in the mainstream news.

A lot of the Outfit's rackets were cut into by technology and changes in the law... there are casinos around here now, you can bet on line, instead of a juice loan you get a legal payday loan, porno is legal... and on and on.

I know you believe otherwise but my contention is that it is nearly dead and I will continue to believe so until someone shows me otherwise.

Even in Family Secrets, none of the crimes that were discussed took place any later than the very early 2000s, though the trial took place in 2007.

Probably the best evidence I can think of that the Outfit is still going strong was the fact that James Marcello was paying Nick Calabrese's family $4K a month for him to keep quiet right up until the trial.

But, again, I don't maintain that it's entirely defunct, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was very close to that.

If people believe otherwise, great, but I have seen no evidence supporting that position.