In short, it seems like the "status quo" the feds have settled with, at least for now, is to simply use the minimal (some would argue too minimal) manpower needed to keep the mob in check. Keep the indictments coming, keep the mob from regaining a lot of influence, while waiting for attrition to take it's toll.
That's what I meant with status quo. But if attrition takes its toll, then what? I don't see what the feds gain with the complete destruction of the Five Families. They will simply have to battle other groups with the same amount of manpower. The status quo they have reached is probably the best they can achieve.
Better to have some form of
controlled organized crime than a fragmented, disorganized criminal underworld.
