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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Others have given explanations, but there is one other reason they got away with it
The cops were also on the mob boss’s payroll.
The police back then were just as crooked as they are now- only instead of covering for themselves, they covered for the dude slipping them some cash under the table to look the other way when they ran illegal gambling operations.
It’s not just a thing on TV – one reason people didn’t mess with the operations wasn’t just cause the mafia would beat em up but cause the police could easily put you away.
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