From what you've read? Read from who? Where?

There are people who don't want to believe it but the clearest sign of a mob family's state - especially over the long term - is indictments. How much of a priority they are for law enforcement. It's not just a coincidence that New York has so many cases, much less so in Boston or Philly, and none in Denver or San Jose.

There's a picture that's been painted of the Detroit mob on these forums in recent years - a sleek, quiet, family who, unlike every other family still around, has somehow managed to stay under the fed's radar. A very hierarchical family with 50 members or more, active in multiple states, and involved in everything including a big chunk of the Detroit drug trade.

Anyone who looks at the evidence objectively can see this is all false. A bunch of hooey.

I say "whats left of the Detroit mob" because mob experts don't agree whether it still rates as a viable family. And even if one wants to include them on the list of 9 or 10 remaining, they would be dead last. 30 members cited in both the mid-1990's during the GamTax case and again in 2001. Since then several have died. And even if the family has made new members in recent years, there's no way they've been able to keep up with those who have died

Look at the cases involving the Detroit mob. What few there are. The last significant one, by Detroit standards anyway, was nearly a decade ago now in 2006. And it was basically a bookmaking and loansharking case.

There have been far more mob cases in both New England and Philadelphia over the same time frame. Those families are not only more active, they are larger too. Probably at least twice the size of Detroit's remaining membership.

If you believe the Detroit mob is a huge force today, I have a bridge to sell you.