If it wasn't for Amuso and Gaspipe's massacre this family would historically be the most secretive and organized in the history of the US mafia. Not as big or powerful as the Genovese or Gambinos but as well operated as any. That was their only real war, wasn't it?

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea