Each man of honor could command forty to fifty blindly obedient allies

Evidence

According to Russo (1988) they numbered 16. (p. 21. and according to Calderone 200: “It represents a terrifying military strength [forza d’urto] if one takes into account the fact that each man of honor, bearing in mind friends and relatives, can count on forty to fifty people who blindly obey his orders” (AC: I, 269ff.). — Diego Gambetta, The Sicilian Mafia The Business of…, 899

Categorization

• SHARE: A nice concrete multiplier figure — 16 families × many men × 50 loyal followers each — for anyone modeling organized-crime labor pools.