How did huge mob bosses that “everybody knew” was a mob boss, or criminal running the place, etc, get away with it?

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How did huge mob bosses that “everybody knew” was a mob boss, or criminal running the place, etc, get away with it?

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Answer 1

in Italy we have a lot of those and they can live literally under a rock for 30+ years without being found. People won’t talk or pretend to not know anything about them, it’s a “cultural feat”