One guy getting clipped is not the end of the problem. I mean for example you might have a guy who is suspected of being a rat. He goes. But then you'll have many people who know about it, who participated in it, whatever. All it takes is ONE guy to flip and a whole crew could be decimated. It's a huge risk, but then I suppose it always has been.

Look at Philly. I've read on here people saying that the whole thing will come down if someone flips because of the Di Pietro hit and maybe another one. If the government flip somebody and he testifies in court and says 'X,Y and Z all knew about it', and he's a creditable enough witness, it's done.

But yeah, the threat is enough. I mean I'm across the pond and have no daily interaction with anyone associated with the mob, but even in this day and age I wouldn't want to owe them money or screw them over to any extent.