The Nation: THE MAFIA Big, Bad and Booming

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create an atmosphere that helps the Mob to flourish. Without a profound shift in public attitudes, even the most aggressive law enforcement drive against the Mafia and organized crime has scant chance of permanently cutting into their activities, let alone putting them out of business.

^{* New York's families are still named for the men who ran them in the 1950s and '60s, though all are either dead or retired. The clans and their current leaders: Bonanno family (headed by Carmine Galante), Colombo family (Thomas DiBella), Gambino family (Aniello Dellacroce), Genovese family (Frank Tieri) and Lucchese family (Anthony Corallo).} ^{* Which means siphoning off funds to avoid paying taxes on them.}