It seems weird to me that a criminal organization that extorts other criminals can do so without violence. How do they get away with it,pb? Just going on past rep?
Well, first of all, they're not what they used to be. No matter what some folks would like to believe. There are rats living wide open in cities like New York and Miami today.
That said, they're still dangerous. And even if it got to the point where they only kill, say, one guy every few years. Who wants to be that one guy?
The threat of violence is enough, and it always has been.
