Posted By: Njein
Garbage hauling - 01/02/21 03:06 AM
Happy new year to everybody.
Quick question: Within the Five Families, who was involved in the private hauling/trash removal rackets? Also, were the Bonannos involved in this racket in the 1980s?
Posted By: Turnbull
Re: Garbage hauling - 01/02/21 03:29 AM
They were all involved to a greater or lesser extent, though the Luccheses were dominant on Long Island.
One of the aspects of the garbage rackets that made them successful is that, while honest haulers got hurt, others recognized that the Mob was operating a cartel that included them. The Mob shook down haulers by makiing them join and pay dues to an "association." But, they also assigned routes and customers to "members" and prevented others from competing for those routes. The "members" simply passed on the cost of their "dues" to their customers.
Posted By: NYMafia
Re: Garbage hauling - 01/02/21 03:32 AM
This is an expose that I wrote back in July about the New York/New Jersey garbage rackets.
I hope it answers some of your questions.
https://thenewyorkmafia.com/2020/07/24/garbage-racketeering/
Posted By: NYMafia
Re: Garbage hauling - 01/02/21 03:33 AM
They were all involved to a greater or lesser extent, though the Luccheses were dominant on Long Island.
One of the aspects of the garbage rackets that made them successful is that, while honest haulers got hurt, others recognized that the Mob was operating a cartel that included them. The Mob shook down haulers by makiing them join and pay dues to an "association." But, they also assigned routes and customers to "members" and prevented others from competing for those routes. The "members" simply passed on the cost of their "dues" to their customers.
Exactly correct Turnbull. Those who joined mostly did so willingly because they too benefitted from the "cartel"
Happy new year to everybody.
Quick question: Within the Five Families, who was involved in the private hauling/trash removal rackets? Also, were the Bonannos involved in this racket in the 1980s?
Not sure if the Bonannos were involved, but the big three definitely were (and still are up to a point). Salvatore Avellino may actually be the richest man in the mob because of his involvement with the garbage rackets.