Originally Posted by ItalianIrishMix
Originally Posted by furio_from_naples
Thanks to Pogo for his charts

Genovese 150 - 200 made men
Gambino 150 - 180 made men
Lucchese 70 made men (as said by Pennisi)
Bonanno 100 - 120 made men
Colombo less than 100

Philadelphia about 50 half of them active
Patriarca 30/40 made men
Chicago Outfit 30/40 made men
Decavalcante 30/40
Detroit Partnership almost 30


CRAZY!

With numbers so low, what strength do they have?
They have associates, I get it but what is to stop a large ambitious gang from moving in on territory?


Genovese and Gambino had 4 or 5 associates for every made men and the other 3 or 4. Why a gang should try to make a mafia territory? The albanians tried and was almost killed when Squietieri went to a meeting with 20 men.
Only because the Mob doesnt lift the bodies on the streets this dont means that isn't feread.