Thanks a lot for the info Ivy..
Little Al's book is on my list to read next when I'm done reading The Sixth Family, also a great book..

So in actuality there were 'only' 2500 made men in the heyday of the American mob. That's for me also a much more feasible figure. I think law enforcement exaggerated the numbers or counted some associates as made men. I think the only men who can truly say correctly how big a family was/is, are informants who are at least capo in one of the families. Guys like Scarpa, Gravano, Fratianno, Lonordo and little Al of course..