...some of whom are better than the Gotti's, none of whom are in a league with Costello, Gambino, etc.
Yes, the Mafia is still a force to be reckoned with, and will be as long as people with illegal needs want to have them satisfied. But I doubt the Mob will ever regain the power and influence it had in its peak years.
Well it's a given that the Mob will never regain the power it had at it's peak. But the names I listed above are head and shoulders above any of the Gotti's. And you have to take into account that the old time "greats," like Costello and Gambino had it a lot easier in many ways than the modern day mafioso.
