To my understanding, people that are actual members of the mob can’t be approached by associates or even another made guy without a third person who knows them both. Now my question here is, how does an associate have direct contact with a Capo/Upper Echelon member for example, I don’t know if this is accurate but Ronald Trucchio being a protege of John Gotti & he got made in 1988. Mark Reiter & Gene Gotti, Henry Hill, Jimmy Burke & Paul Vario, etc. Didn’t the Mafia use the made man status, or official member of a family as a wall of protection against less “stand-up” guys who hold no loyalty to Omertà and are prone to snitching?