There were extortion of kickbacks from ILA members as recently as the 2011 indictment of Genovese-controlled ILA Locals 1235 and 1478.

Do you recall who was involved in this drug bust you're talking about?

That's been gone awhile now

The port is a lot different now , low hanging foot crimes aren't really occurring anymore

They booted a lot of the Italians out , Irish are the union guys now and to be honest I don't

Think the workers are enjoying their job as much .

They've booted guys out for years. Nevertheless, there's been ongoing mob cases on the waterfront over the past 15 years. One of the Genovese associates, Harold Daggett, is high up now despite being indicted himself a while back. I'll believe the Irish or someone else are running things when the indictments stop (ie like the airport or Garment center)

Im not sure I stated my thoughts clearly - I mean the Irish have the more senior Union positions from a legit and operations standpoint , not a criminal standpoint . The unions used to have more Italians in the union operations but the WFC has cleared them out in the last 5-10 years , if your even caught vacationing with a WS guy you are going to be called out by the WFC . They can't be direct anymore , it's hiding behind fronts and LLCs / businesses . There is a personnel war with the WFC right now .

They appear to have changed it up a bit the last 5 years or so ( whether deliberately or by WFC pressure ) and staying away from the higher risk street crimes and more and more towards business to business / union deals . Which imo is why they are what they are