Detroit Family of the La Cosa Nostra (LCN) an extremely active criminal enterprise consisting of approximately 30 "made members" and between 200 and 300 associates. Detroit LCN members are tightly bound through blood and marriage, making the organization extremely difficult to penetrate. Traditionally, this family has been involved in illegal gambling, loan sharking, money laundering, drug trafficking, and the infiltration of legitimate businesses. They have also maintained a strong relationship with Sicilian Mafia members operating in the Detroit area.
------FROM THE FBI WEBSITE

Almost everyone important in the crime family is related by blood or marriage in some way to almost everyone else of any significance and this makes the organization extremely difficult to penetrate,” retired Detroit FBI agent Mike Carone notes. “For an outsider, whether in law enforcement or not, to get real close to these guys is practically impossible.
------FBI AGENT


To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of their demise have been much overstated,” Corbett said. “The current leaders, guys like Jack Tocco, may be on the way out due to age, but there is a younger generation coming up behind them ready, willing and able to take the reins. From its inception, this organization was built for the long haul and it will continue to sustain. I don’t think we’ll be talking about the eradication of the mafia in Detroit for quite a while.”-------KEITH CORBETT HEAD OF DETROIT OC SQUAD 1990-2004

NEW MEMBERS HAVE REPLACED THE OLD,KEEPING THE DETROITS MOB SIZE AT 30------FBI 2001


"They're cloaking themselves in Legitament business,now more than ever. But I'm not saying they're doing Legitament business"--FBI 2009


I DONT HAVE A MADE UP FORMULA FOR FIGURING OUT WETHER A MAFIA FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND 100 YEARS, ACTUALLY EXSISTS. I JUST GO BY THE MOST CREDIBLE SOURCE OUT THERE.... THE FBI

Lol and if that was my theory, I'd better start arguing that Michael Genovese and Alphonse Tornabene weren't really mobsters, Just misunderstood businessmen