John Gotti had a family wide rule banning all people from taking any deals, and refused pain killers on his death bed, calling it "truth serum", some people really are about being a "gangster", some are while it works in there favor.
All that fantasy gangster, loyalty and honor amongst thieves was always bullshit in the 70's, 80's, 90's you, at least had a FEW people that DID live by that.. but all that completely died when those twin towers in NY got taken down.. and Bush/Congress passed stuff like the Patriot Act.
El Chapo and The Sineola Cartel has been working with the DEA and snitching each other out along with their rivals... If they're snitching.. who isnt?
It's the rappers who don't know a thing about "living that life".. that are the ones talking about "don't snitch"... even the drug dealer cats who preach that shit are snitching someone out.... Everyone is snitching in the drug game.. and if they arn't, they're too small to notice..
The only "real" gangsters are the brainless dudes who are shooting everything up and getting life sentences...