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| | Report of G Robert Blakey |
 | | On the same level as the underboss, but operating in a staff capacity, is the caporegime, who is a counselor, or adviser. |
 | | Below the level of the underboss are the caporegime, some of whom serve as buffers between the top members of the family and the lower-echelon personnel. |
 | | A soldier may operate a particular illicit enterprise, e.g., a loan-sharking operation, a dice game, a lottery, a bookmaking operation, a smuggling operation, on a commission basis, or he may "own" the enterprise and pay a portion of its profit to the organization, in return for the right to operate. |
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