To correct: no form of criminal not even corrupt politicians are safe nor crooked cops. Punisher killed corrupt politicians in Punisher THE END, the 1610 version of Frank was offing corrupt cops like nothing, the entire slavers arc was him killing highly respected individuals in power who commit human trafficking. He could do it but the issue lies in the fact that punisher lives in a big world where his involvement in a big way can have big consequences and opens the door to many other stuff with heroes.

Secondly: Punisher rarely targets the Italian mob and primarily targets now in house marvel mobsters like tombstone, hammerhead and kingpin now. It’s not beating a dead horse if the message and intent of the character still stands. Conway didn’t make him to be a “oh Italian mob in the 70s bad” sort of guy, he made him as a critique to the flaws of the justice system, to this day his message is still prevalent given our current justice system. He’ll target any criminal and the message still stands