While it's certainly true that lots of gangsters become informants , the claim that almost every one of them does so when faced with a major felony charge is rather absurd . For starters many gangsters , especially high level ones , aren't even offered the opportunity to become informants due to them being the ones law enforcement wishes to bring down . After all if everyone had the chance to become an informant , then it would become all that much harder to put people away for a long stretch , which would result in law enforcement losing face in the eyes of the public for being too lenient .

Furthermore while it's true that more LCN members are becoming ( at least out of the closet ) informants these days , it's not like almost all of them start singing after being taken in . I mean its not as if the most recent busts confirm that assumption .


And while we're on the subject , there are plenty of countries out there where gangsters don't face much reprisal from the authorities as long as they don't tip the scales too much .