Luciano, Costello, Gambino, Lucchese all gave up info at some point to take down an adversary. Bonanno wrote a book ratting on everyone. This thing was founded on snitching. The guys at the bottom of the pecking order can live by their delusional code of silence all they want. The bosses talk. Always have.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
