Better law enforcement and less overall corruption (public and private)
Better financial opportunities outside of the underworld > smaller recruiting pool.
With this in mind, given the many pros of life in America vs Italy (especially S. Italy), I’m amazed by how much it’s still the same rather than how much it has changed. Same applies to Australia, Canada and Germany, three of the wealthiest and most stable nations on the planet along with the USA, yet filled of mafiosi and Mafia activities/influence.
You’d think that the American Mafia should have been long gone but, nope, they’re here and, by all accounts, they’re probably enjoying their best run since the 90’s.
Self interest has replaced honore e famiglia in the Mob--it's cosa mia now, not cosa nostra.
There was never “honor†among them. They’ve always been glorified murderers and thieves, greedy and sociopathic. There were plenty of turncoats since the beginning, despite popular belief. The whole “family†thing was mere folklore to appear closer to the people they would then prey on.
