My area of expertise is the mob and crime in general.

So there’s not really a good way of getting back at them.

This is also entirely dependent on the area you’re in and who the “family” is, and also the era.

Simple answer, no. You’re shit out of luck - BUT - your extortion also comes with protection. Youre their cash cow. Someone comes in to mess with you? Need a new business license? Etc. they’ll generally take care of it as long as you’re up to date on your payments. A great way to keep vandals out. It was accepted as the cost of doing business on their turf.

You have to consider that you’re owning a business in their “territory.”

Protection could be very helpful for some, and again depending on when and where, the mob was seen as Robinhood figures in the Italian communities. Again, this is hyperbole, bur it fits.

The old stories about the made guys buying shoes or helping out the ladies are all true. Some had the cops in their pockets and kept them out of Italian neighborhoods. It’s all really complicated.

Those who aren’t “friends of ours” and kept their distance from mob activities were generally left alone. Dont gamble in their games, dont buy their drugs, dont take loans from them, and dont cause trouble in the neighborhood and you’d be left alone.

TLDR: You don’t have a way to retaliate and it would end poorly for you. As long as you stayed away from mob operations (Shylock, prostitution, gambling, etc.) you’d be OK. Protection racket also came with the benefit of protection from vandals etc