It would be almost stranger to think that the guys he mentioned could attain all that power without cooperation of some kind in order to sustain it. Guys like Luciano and Gambino have gained an almost mythical aura in the eyes of crime aficionados. Their truths are probably less glamorous.
They never wanted. a "Mythical aura". They wanted to stay low key and under the radar. Because they did not cooperate, they had their names plastered all over the news.
