I am yet to see any report on the Outfit from the FBI that correctly explains the Chicago hierarchy on how Aiuppa restructed the Outfit including such terms as extended crew, franchise, power base etc. Could you please provide some examples on how they have been right relative to wrong?
you can google the fbi charts they have for the syndicate
but they change their hierarchy on an as needed basis
franchise means that you're a soldier or associate within a crew and they allow you to set up your own crew within the regular crew
all that powerbase and extended crew shit is just slang
