The truth is somewhere in between. The Outfit is not dead and anyone claiming so is a fool. The Outfit is not as strong as any of the NY families and anyone claiming so is a fool.

The Outfit has never made many guys like other families. At their peak in the 1950-60's they had maybe 100 made guys, but rivaled the Genovese and Gambinos in power with control of the Midwest and West Coast. They controlled Las Vegas with one made man who wasn't even a capo. They ran the Hollywood extortion scheme with one made man. Counting activity by the number of indictments isn't an exact science. The Philly and NE mob have more indictments because they are full of idiots and informants. If indictments are an indicator of activity, the Colombos are the most powerful mafia family the past two decades. How many indictments were there in Tampa from the 1960-80's?

Other than the East Coast that is infested with wiseguys, the FBI doesn't have the manpower to go after a bunch of bookies and shylocks anymore. Some of you guys can't seem to grasp that this isn't the 1950-1980's anymore. There are many more dangerous organized crime groups and threats to the country than a bunch of bookies. You have the Colombians, Mexicans, Russians, Chinese, and street gangs moving tons of drugs and trafficking in humans. You have Islamic terrorist groups plotting to blow up buildings and planes. You have hackers causing hundreds of billions in damage. Unless it involves drugs, murders, or corruption of unions/government, the feds mostly don't give a shit anymore. They'll pick off the low hanging fruit dealing drugs and flip them. Easy cases with informants like Joe Vollaro doing the work.

There are 25 FBI agents for the 5 families. That's 600 made guys with probably another 3-5000 associates. That's 1 agent per 200 mobsters. I'd be surprised if there's more than one agent working full-time on any of the other families.