at least for now the HA seem smart enough to forge and keep alliances especially in MTL but also w/ 'ndrangheta in Ont.
the london HA and figliomeni 'ndrine being a good current example.

and the amount of people a full path HA has working for him varies,but some of the most current drug investigations show large networks operating under the direction of 1-4 full patch members.
none of the current mafia busts show anywhere near that kind of influence.