This has always been a hot topic here. My opinion is that they are active and keeping low-key, as has been their MO over the years. They were always smaller, more educated, and considerably legit. That said, I do not see them as having a very reduced influence in the city because, well nothing's there. It's a wasteland. No rackets but crack. There's no construction rackets cause there's no construction. However, one thing that needs to be taken into consideration is their criminal and semi-legit businesses in the suburbs. I'm from the Jersey suburbs and its active there. Why not in Detroit? Like everybody else, they're active but very weakened from their heyday. I definitely want much more evidence to show me that they, or any family for that matter, are on the verge of extinction.

I dunno, that's my stand. But this is going to be a bone of contention until we get some guys from this forum out to Michigan to do some thorough investigating.