As previously stated, law enforcement focuses heavily on the Italian American Mafia structure and tend to try to take down the ruling boss of the family or go after the street level drug dealers. The issue with this is that if a boss is arrested, another person will step up and take their place. Likewise, if a street level dealer is arrested, another bum or loser can be found to replace them. If the person in the middle communicating between the dealers and the boss is eliminated, the cash flow stops and there are two potential outcomes. First, if the boss cannot find another person they trust to run the operation, they and higher-level members are forced to get their hands dirty and can therefore be charged with more and potentially apprehended all at once. Second, the path between the street and the boss is cut off so the cash flow stops and the organization slowly begins to crumble. (Pearson & Hobbs
As previously stated, law enforcement focuses heavily on the Italian American Mafia structure and tend to try to take down the ruling boss of the family or go after the street level drug dealers. The issue with this is that if a boss is arrested, another person will step up and take their place. Likewise, if a street level dealer is arrested, another bum or loser can be found to replace them. If the person in the middle communicating between the dealers and the boss is eliminated, the cash flow stops and there are two potential outcomes. First, if the boss cannot find another person they trust to run the operation, they and higher-level members are forced to get their hands dirty and can therefore be charged with more and potentially apprehended all at once. Second, the path between the street and the boss is cut off so the cash flow stops and the organization slowly begins to crumble. (Pearson & Hobbs