Neo, if we are to believe that the Genovese crime family did indeed put a freeze on membership except for 2 new members induction around Christmas time each since 2017 and have not lifted that freeze since, then add the known members that died since then and since 2015. Then my count is 215. Varies law enforcement officials sources have different numbers, but they place the the family membership between 200 and 225. There is the strong possibility that there are more members out there but the Genovese crime family can not exceed 250 members as that is their set cap from what informants and mobsters that have flipped have said about that family. I hope that clears it up.
I didn't know the Genoveses closed the books in 2017, any information on why they did that?
That set cap of 250 members is interesting. Something I didn't know.
