Nothing ever stays the same.

The world has changed so much over the last 20-30-50 years.

Every business and industry has changed.

LCN's core business's are no exception.

It wouldn't even be possible for it to have not changed.

However, they have evolved with the changing times.

As I pointed out from where I am from in BensonHURST, they are still here, they are still active, they don't get treated the way they used to, to most they would say they are even here anymore, BUT THEY ARE STILL HERE.

I personally think the "GOOD OLE DAYS" of the 80' and 90's should have never been, the organization was meant to be Secretive, and anyone that was around back then knows it was anything but that.
Everyone knew who the wiseguy on the block was, as he was treated like a movie star, in alot of cases, alot of the members their EGO's were larger than life because of it.

You can see how that was a problem and brought about the unnecessary attention that was never supposed to be.
And was partly responsible for the crackdown that ensued.

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Today it is back to what it always should have been.

A SECRET,
No more Top Echelon Program for the FBI, think about the damage that program did to LCN?

Talk about Rats, the Rats that did the damage were from that era, and were able to give up bodies from sometimes 10,20 years ago.
Most big mob cases in the last 10-15 years have spanned back to that era and unsolved murders.

There are no more murders so you are not seeing as many rats anymore, if you think about it.

Who was the last made guy to flip, what damage did he do?
What bodies he did he give up?

John Penease?