Hey Furio, if you had t guess, how often is Omerta broken in Italy?
In USA in the 1950's basically never. In 2018, it seems like 50%
How are things over there?
Depend by the organization: the camorra clans are plenty of rats,in the sicilian mafia the peak of mafiosi that flipped was between 1987 (the maxi trial) and the 1993,the last great mafioso to broke the omertà was Gaspare Spatuzza in 2008;the ndrangheta rats can be counted on the finger of one hand and no big fishes.
Furio's assessment of the three Mafia's is correct.
The ones that are more successful are the ones that enlist family members and expand their network by having their children marry into other established families. Usually the more male sons you have the greater the influence. Their children are taught at an early age and their wives being born in that environment also play an important role in raising these children to become men of honor. It is a way of life and culture that is passed on from generations to others.
Being 50% or 100% Italian is not the only criteria. The ones that circumvent are the ones that pay the price when arrests are made and some decide to rat.
